PHMG has reopened the reinvented Toxteth Hotel, where “nostalgia meets innovation”, following a comprehensive six-month renovation. Public House Management Group (PHMG) bought the inner-west pub early 2017 for $22 million from Singleton and Dixon’s Riversdale Group. The Toxteth – aka The Tocky – holds special memories for PHMG CEO Mitchell Waugh, who cited at the […]
Marcus Levy has opened his reinvented pub in Surry Hills, leaving behind the grunge of the Evening Star for a sophisticated female-friendly cheeky offering to the locals and residents. The Evening Star long represented the working-class roots of its precinct, echoing the sticky carpet timber bars of its era, and generally earning its nickname the
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Sydney’s award-winning The Taphouse at Darlinghurst has opened a new concept paying homage to the growing demand for wild ales and natural wines. The new space, Odd Culture, is located on the second level of the craft beer pub made famous by the creators of GABS, bought by brothers James and Josh Thorpe mid-2017. The
Ending more than a year closed, the iconic Exchange Hotel in Balmain has reopened with a pioneering business model, new concept and new first-time publican operator. The landmark pub dominating the corner of classic Balmain arteries Beattie and Mullens Streets was built for the local working-class populace back in 1885. Struggling recently to find its
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The Colosimos have opened the doors to their all-new pub for Macquarie Park, The Governor. Lachlan Macquarie was Governor of NSW from 1810 to 1821, and was vital to the State’s transition from a penal colony to a free settlement. Macquarie Park is home to Macquarie University and scores of business headquarters, including some of
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Merivale has opened the reinvention of its former Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, unveiling Cantonese concept Queen Chow. The venue is headed up by the duo behind Queen Chow Enmore, Patrick Friesen and Eric Koh, offering a classic neighbourhood Cantonese menu that celebrates great Australian produce. Furthering the success of Queen Chow Enmore, Friesen took
Sand Hill Road has announced its pending revival of the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy – eyeing a “new cultural destination” for Melbourne and magnificent sunsets over Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne-based pub group Sand Hill Road (SHR) ‘secured’ the famous St Kilda pub mid-2017, taking on a stalled plan to reinvigorate the institutional music
A well-known Ballarat pub has closed its doors again, after a second tenant, connected with the first, has had liquidators take over. The Royal Mail was operated by Royal Mail Hotel (Ballarat) Pty Ltd under a vendor finance agreement, until default on the agreement saw the company wound up around October 2015, the landlord believed
Warren Livingstone has thrown open the doors to Laundy’s former Hotel William in East Sydney, rebranded Hyde Park House. The four-level pub on William Street was built 1919, and was once described by Arthur Laundy as having the “best rooftop in Sydney”. Following a half-year JV, Livingstone took over the tired city pub, planning a
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Geelong’s Irish Murphy’s has undergone a big transformation, adding a rooftop bar and fine-tuning the offering to become Murphys. The team of Shaun Aspinall, Tom Ward, Ian Nichols and Daniel O’Donghue purchased what was then the struggling ‘Gin & Co’ in early 2016, and revived the former moniker of Irish Murphy’s to capitalise on its
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