Beloved east Melbourne local Seamus O’Toole Irish Pub is closing next week, having failed to reach an agreement with landlords, the Knox Ozone precinct. The bawdy Seamus O’Toole, fondly known as ‘The Irish’, opened in the centre in 2002. It has become famous for its well-patronised ‘industry’ nights on a Monday, its raucous weekend parties, […]
Publican Brett Strauss has teamed up with nightclub gurus Kerry Wallace and Benjamin Lepke to reinvent inner-west late-night stomping ground the Sly Fox. Located on the corner of Enmore and Edgeware Roads in Sydney’s inner west, the Fox has been long known as a well-patronised favourite of the queer community. Wallace, from Solid Circles Touring
Culminating years of planning and a massive makeover, Colin Parras has unveiled his Ambarvale “superpub” and micro-brewery. Parras purchased the large-format Ambarvale Hotel on 7,200sqm in the thriving Campbelltown LGA from the exiting Lantern Group in late 2016 for $21.2 million. The precinct is slated to see tens of thousands of new homes over coming
Jason Marlow’s Group launches its shiny new Sports Bar at the Kings Park Tavern, being stage one of sweeping changes to further patron experience in entertainment and food & bev. The Kings Park Tavern occupies a spacious block on a stretch of bustling Sunnyholt Road in the Blacktown region. Its new centrepiece is the 275sqm
Three years after on-selling the leasehold interest, Australia’s biggest pub group ALH has resumed control and re-opened The Archer in North Adelaide. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) sold the business to Bloody Mary Group’s Huntsman Hotel P/L in 2016. The new owners initially spoke of a $2 million overhaul of the heritage-listed building. But plans
Rockpool is opening another of its bespoke El Camino Cantina venues in party town Byron Bay, bringing crafted Tex-Mex to the north coast with a big four-day launch event. The El Camino Cantina concept is grounded in ‘Tex-Mex’ (Texan-Mexican), which is distinct from ‘true’ Mexican, with its own unique stylings and fan base in the
The expansive Rockpool Group will tomorrow launch its first Canberra venue, bringing Bavarian good times at another fresh instalment of the brand. The Bavarian will open its doors within Westfield Woden, in the south-eastern Canberra suburb of Phillip, accommodating 300 guests including 60 outside. This marks the group’s 28th Bavarian outlet, and first in the
Katoomba’s historic Hotel Gearin has closed its doors amid a dispute between tenant and landlord. Built 1881 by George Biles, the Hotel stands at a major Katoomba juncture on the Great Western Highway as it passes over the mountains. It underwent additions in 1919 and 1927, resulting in its classic Art Deco styling. In 1910
South Australian hotelier John Meek is pushing to create the Downtown mega-venue, aiming to offer multiple bars, function spaces, a strip club and day-night nightclub. Meek is a sheep and cattle farmer turned hotel operator, being the lessee at Adelaide pubs the Woolshed, Ambassadors, and Black Bull. Early 2018 he took a 20-year lease on
Jaime Wirth and Co have unveiled their tweak modernisation of the time-warped George Hotel in burgeoning Waterloo, serving authentic Mexican and a huge selection of natural wines. The corner of Elizabeth and Wellington Streets in Waterloo used to be a small corner pub flanking three terraces. In the early 60s Tooth & Co purchased the
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