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SOLOTEL GOES CUCKOO AT THE MARLY

Posted on October 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Solotel has refreshed and transformed the upper Marly with the weird and wondrous world of Cuckoo. Venturing up the stairs and down the rabbit hole patrons are greeted with what is promised to be a “new kind of venue experience”

BRUNSWICK’S FALLEN RAILWAY BACK ON TRACK

Posted on October 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The faded but not forgotten Railway Hotel in Brunswick is set to return under new owners, shaking off its chequered past to become an expansive community-focused venue. The multi-storey Railway was built 1889 beside the train line running north-south through

KEG & BREW’S $10m REFURB AND ROOFTOP

Posted on October 4th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Good Beer mecca the Keg & Brew reopened yesterday after a big $10 million top-to-bottom refurbishment and expansion, including a new rooftop bar. The four-level building on the corner of Foveaux and Commonwealth streets, just up the road from Central

NORTH SYDNEY SPROUTS ROOFTOP OASIS GREEN MOUSTACHE

Posted on October 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
North Sydney has its first rooftop venue with the opening of the elegant, multi-level Green Moustache. The space is a free-flowing area for dining, drinking and functions offering sweeping views through its glass exterior. The design uses a variety of existing and natural

O’KEEFE FINDS GOLD IN NEW WESTEND

Posted on September 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Awarded hotelier Cam O’Keefe has relaunched Geelong’s iconic Eureka Hotel following an extensive makeover, ushering in the smart new Westend to the foodie precinct. Built 1850 and licensed since 1853, the Eureka is recognised as the city’s second-oldest continually licensed

FAT LADY SINGS FOR CAPTAIN COOK

Posted on September 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Shortly following the announcement of its sale by receivers, Paddington’s Captain Cook Hotel has been put into drydock, taking its final curtain call over the weekend. Built 1914 on the corner of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road, opposite what

THE LEGEND OF NORMANBY RETURNS

Posted on September 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group has revealed its big-budget revival of Brisbane’s historic Normanby Hotel, taking the heritage-listed footy pub ‘back to its roots’. Built 1890, the Normanby embodies the history of Brisbane, in its growth and prosperity. It is

ROCKPOOL TAP FOUR MORE BAVARIANS

Posted on September 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool Group has been busy spreading bier cheer, opening four new Bavarians in the lead-up to this year’s Oktoberfest celebrations at its venues. In June two new The Bavarians threw open their doors, starting with The Bavarian Mackay on the

THE OAKS’ $6M RENOVATION REVEALED

Posted on September 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney pub icon The Oaks has unveiled the first stage in the biggest upgrade in its 133-year history, welcoming the no excuses good-time Taffy’s sports bar. A landmark of Military Road through Neutral Bay, The Oaks is famously one of

CAMDEN VALLEY INN’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Posted on September 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Camden Valley Inn has reopened after a major ten-month renovation, ushering in a new era for the heritage-listed former milk bar. The Inn on the corner of the Old Hume Highway through Camden, around 70 kilometres south-west of