Open & Closed

BOTANICA TO CLOSE THIS MONTH

Posted on June 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Perth pub the Botanica Bar & Bistro joins the ranks of venues closing, confirming it will cease trade at the end of the month. Earlier this month news emerged Nick Duncan was closing the doors at Perth’s Broken Hill

MAHONY GROUP REVIVE OXFORD SCHOLAR

Posted on June 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne’s hallowed Oxford Scholar Hotel has returned after two years in the wilderness, under a new lease by the growing Mahony Group. Built 1857, the Oxford Scholar is on land owned by RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), on the

BROKEN HILL GOES UNDER

Posted on June 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Perth sees another majestic “old girl” gone, with Nick Duncan closing the doors of labour-of-love the Broken Hill Hotel. Duncan began ownership in the pub’s operation in 2003 as a silent partner, taking over a “run down old bikie pub”

NO MORE SHENANIGANS AT NEW-STYLE IMPERIAL

Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The still young Imperial Hospitality Group has unveiled its rebranded Imperial Hotel, formerly known as Shenanigans, bringing a locals’ feel to a classic Maitland landmark. In early 2017 brothers Sean and Clayton Barrett and three close mates took the plunge

ROCKPOOL OPENS BAVARIAN MAITLAND AND WOLLONGONG

Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Rockpool continues its quest to bring Bavarian good-times to Australians, opening another two of the beer-based venues this week. On Wednesday, 29 May, The Bavarian Stockland Green Hills Shopping Centre in east Maitland threw open its doors, offering up the

IRELAND’S FIRST ALCOHOL-FREE PUB – THE VIRGIN MARY

Posted on May 31st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two drinks industry colleagues have teamed up to bring the land of Guinness and whisky its very first no-alcohol pub. The Virgin Mary opened this month in Dublin, becoming Ireland’s first ‘dry’ public house in a city with 750 traditional

BAY HOTEL CLOSES UNDER FINANCIAL CLOUD

Posted on May 29th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Bay Hotel Mordialloc has closed, with the landlord changing the locks and staff and creditors reportedly owed thousands. Mid-2018 publican Andre Chaaya listed the freehold of his south Melbourne pub, hoping to unlock some capital and invest further in

THE BIMBO IS BACK

Posted on May 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
CLG’s Fitzroy favourite Bimbo is back, serving $4 pizzas and local art, after being seriously scorched last year. In May 2018 news emerged that the Melbourne institution known as Bimbo Deluxe suffered a serious blaze, predominantly on the first floor,

SEAMUS O’TOOLE BIDS FAREWELL

Posted on May 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

SLY FOX REOPENS WITH SLY NEW OUTLOOK

Posted on May 10th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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