Chris Cheung has unveiled stage one of his ongoing project to reinvigorate the iconic Coogee Bay Hotel. Overlooking Coogee Beach, with one of the country’s most famous beer garden courtyards, the CBH has been synonymous with alfresco hospitality and beachside Australian hotels for decades. Employing a policy of constant evolution in his venues, Cheung has […]
The Hawker Hotel, sole pub of the gateway town to the Flinders Ranges, closed suddenly due to “clerical errors” and now fallen into receivership. The pub is the pride of the tiny town of Hawker, and the last stop for a cold beer before the Flinders Ranges National Park, in eastern South Australia. Established 1882,
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The trend-setting beer doyen of Sydney’s Northern Beaches has opened another venue, set to take consumers of fine ales on a new journey of learning and aged goodness. Manly’s 4 Pines has been pushing the envelope of beer production for nearly a decade, and beyond its success in pubs throughout Australia now boasts four premises
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Despite community efforts to save it, St Kilda’s famous Greyhound Hotel announced its immediate closure on 6 January. The pub boasts a history of more than 160 years, and in recent times became an institution for the LGBTQ community, hosting a wide variety of live acts and earning a name as a centre for drag-queen
Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has today launched the Group’s much-anticipated first venue in Sydney’s west, transforming the Queen Victoria into the quirky and bedecked Queens Hotel. Merivale purchased the pub in April 2015, with Hemmes citing his passion for creating world-class venues designed for the local community and his eagerness to become “part of Sydney’s thriving
Four Geelong mates including one former Geelong AFL player have banded together to fill a local void by reinventing and launching The Inn. Corey Enright, former Geelong Cats legend, has joined the owner of popular cafe The Backyard, Mat Dyer, construction manager Dean Trembath, and events manager Max McKay to create a place they as
The laneways of Melbourne have bred another trendy pub offering, as Kirk’s opens to complete the tripod picture in Hardware Lane. Inspired by the original salubrious Kim Bowie Kirk pub in the building – which itself reportedly founded the world’s richest horse race, the Melbourne Cup – Kirk’s comprises Kirk’s Wine Bar, French Saloon bistro,
Roadworks for a bus tunnel has forced the closure of the Gunn Group’s Royal Hotel, after issues with access, noise and dust drove away 80 per cent of its trade. The $160 million O’Bahn project will cut an estimated seven minutes from the bus trip into Adelaide courtesy of a tunnel under existing roads and
The heart of Marysville beats again, as Ashraf and Christine Doos launch the all-new Duck Inn from the ashes of the town razed nearly eight years ago on Black Saturday. Beer flowed at Marysville’s pub on Wednesday for the first time since the catastrophic bushfires of (Black Saturday*) 9 February, 2009, when over a dozen
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Bondi’s famous Hotel Ravesis is back with a vengeance and complete make-over, boasting a new beachside look and ocean views, with an inlaid backbone of music. The 1914-built pub on the corner of Bondi’s legendary Campbell Pde and Hall St, has long featured Art-Deco elements such as its crested parapet and majestic arches. The building
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