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PARRAS UNVEILS AMBARVALE ‘SUPERPUB’

Posted on May 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

NEW BEGINNINGS FOR TAVERN OF KINGS

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

ALH FORCED TO RESUME AND REOPEN THE ARCHER

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

ROCKPOOL BRINGS TEX-MEX TO BYRON

Posted on April 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

ROCKPOOL OPENS FIRST ACT BAVARIAN

Posted on April 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

HOTEL GEARIN GOES DARK

Posted on April 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

SOON-TO-OPEN DOWNTOWN LOOKS TO GROW

Posted on April 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

JAIME REOPENS GEORGE

Posted on April 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

CARRINGBUSH SET FOR THE FUTURE

Posted on April 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The pride of Abbottsford has been revived in a sophisticated new concept that “doesn’t cost the earth”. Joel Morrison, Liam Matthews, and Singa Unlayiti took on the Carringbush Hotel following their successes at Fitzroy live music institution The Old Bar.

GLEBE HOTEL EVOLVES FOR A NEW ERA

Posted on April 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Nissen family has unveiled its elegant reworking of Glebe’s iconic Australian Youth Hotel, bringing its history up to date with a new look and local moniker. A hotel was first built on the site on Bay Street, which divides