Open & Closed

DIXON REOPENS BUNGALOW 8 AS BEACHSIDE VILLA

Posted on November 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A year after announcement of the purchase from the in-receivership Keystone Group, new owner Dixon Hospitality Group has relaunched Darling Harbour’s Bungalow 8 as a beachside villa. Dixon (DHG) bought Bungalow as part of a package of former Keystone venues,

BARBERSHOP BARS TEAM BREAK INTO PUBS

Posted on November 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The team behind the successful Barber Shop venues are breaking into the pub game with an English tavern-style tribute to the eponymous Duke of Clarence. Acclaimed bar maestro Mikey Enright and career drinks professional Julian Train form Barrelhouse Group, which

SHORT & LAUNDY OPEN REBRANDED MONA VALE HOTEL PARK HOUSE

Posted on October 30th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Short-Laundy collaboration has reopened the Mona Vale Hotel as Park House – stage one of its $12 million renovation unveiled yesterday. Fraser Short and Arthur Laundy bought the big suburban pub at the north end of Sydney’s northern beaches

HOLEY MOLEY – DRINK DRIVING TO LAUNCH IN PERTH

Posted on October 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The push to drink and drive continues, making its way across the country as Fun Lab looks to open Holey Moley Perth next month. After successfully opening holes in Brisbane, Fun Lab took its unique “mashup of mini-golf meets cocktail

PRIOR LOOSES NEW PYRMONT PUB WHIRLY BIRD

Posted on October 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Former Keystone foundations Ant Prior and Simon Barbato have teamed up to launch Whirly Bird, in the former Oscars Hotel at Pyrmont. Pitched as a sultry lit and eclectic space with casual elegance, Whirly Bird specialises in “fine poultry and

MARLOW GROUP STEER CROSSROADS HOTEL NEW DIRECTION

Posted on October 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Marlow family has unveiled its big renovation of the landmark Crossroads Hotel, marking a new direction for the Casula pub. The Marlow Hotel Management Group (MHMG) has 11 venues across NSW and Queensland, including the large-format Crossroads Hotel in

SAND HILL RD OPENS WATERSIDE

Posted on October 4th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sand Hill Rd has thrown open its reinvigorated Waterside Hotel in Melbourne’s ‘edgy’ King St, prophesying new life for the old Hotel and district. Built on the prominent corner of Flinders and King Streets, in the late 1800s the Waterside

TREASURED COURTHOUSE HOTEL LANGUISHES

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The heritage-listed and battle-trophy Courthouse Hotel Cairns has become a dormant site of itinerants and drug paraphernalia since Council purchased it from Pelathon last December. Built in 1922 as part of a scheme to employ returning WWI soldiers, the building

RED ROCK SELL PJ O’BRIEN’S ADELAIDE IN SA EXIT

Posted on September 1st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The award-winning Red Rock Leisure has sold its Adelaide instalment of PJ O’Brien’s, citing a reluctant decision and reinvestment of capital into its other venues. The large-format PJ O'Brien's Adelaide on East Terrace has been part of the Red Rock