Open & Closed

LAST PUB CLOSES – DRINKING AND VIOLENCE UP

Posted on April 30th, 2018 by Jane Louise
A tiny town in Western Australia is suffering the effects of the closure of its only pub, with local health workers reporting increased rates of alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour. The LGA of Wiluna is 1,100 kilometres’ drive north-east of

FEROS ON A HIGHFIELD

Posted on April 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Feros Group is seeing the Caringbah community embrace its reinvention of the former Bizzos club as the market sophisticated multi-level Highfield. Chris Feros has had ambitious plans for the three-storey building that for decades was the Caringbah Business &

BOOGIE MOUNTAIN TO BRING NEW HIGHS FOR KINGS CROSS

Posted on April 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Inspired by hedonistic hippies and the changing face of Kings Cross, Boogie Mountain will open Friday above the Potts Point Hotel for all your listening and dancing pleasure. Leading the metamorphosis from bawdy gin-joints to gentrified brasseries in the former

NEW ERA FOR OLD BALLARAT PUB

Posted on April 18th, 2018 by Jane Louise
After languishing for three years, a Ballarat pub has now reopened under the artful curation of Yuge and David Bromley. The imposing Victorian brick building on the corner of Mair and Doveton Streets was originally known as the Royal Highlander,

BRIX IS BACK, AGAINST THE ODDS

Posted on April 9th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Peter Thomson has successfully revived local stalwart the Brix Hotel in Stawell in time for the running of the town’s famous race, overcoming hurdles left by the exiting tenant. Mid-2017 the Brix Hotel saw the entry of new leaseholders, following

MIXED LOVE FOR NEW HOTEL LONGTIME ASIAN-FUSION PUB

Posted on March 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Restauranteurs that took over Adelaide’s fading Hampshire Hotel have quickly been accused of salacious behaviour in the branding of their re-worked and re-named Asian-fusion pub Hotel Longtime, and its Ping Pong Club Room. Alex Fahey and his Vietnamese wife Tin

GATEWAY FINDS NEW PATH IN NEWCASTLE HOTEL

Posted on March 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The very recognisable Gateway Hotel in Islington has reopened as the Newcastle Hotel, shedding its LGBT reputation to be an all-inclusive late-trader, but retaining its rainbow exterior – for now. The Pertado family has held the title on the Hotel

LAZARUS LAUNCHES SHOAL BAY COUNTRY CLUB ON THE BEACH

Posted on March 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Formerly Sydney-based publican Andrew Lazarus has unveiled the stunning restoration of his sea-change pub, the Shoal Bay Country Club. Proprietor of well-known Sydney venues such as the Eastern and El Toro, Lazarus bought Hamilton’s Beaumont Exchange Hotel from the fading

IMPERIAL MEETS MARK FOR MARDI GRAS

Posted on March 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Following an extensive eight month $6m renovation, Fraser Short and Scott Leach tonight reopen Erskineville’s fabled Imperial Hotel, birthplace of Priscilla, right on time for Mardi Gras 2018. Known around the world for its starring role in Priscilla: Queen of