Oscars Hotels has launched an amazing new hotel venue in Sydney’s south-west set to become a hub of entertainment and business. Last night saw the gala opening of The Warwick, attracting guests such as the Honourable Frank Carbone (Mayor of Fairfield), Ned Mannoun (Mayor of Liverpool) and Gus Balloot (Deputy Mayor of Liverpool) as well […]
Premier inner-west live music venue the Newtown Social Club is launching a new-look space to offer more social and less ‘sticky carpet’. The operators of Melbourne’s highly successful Northcote Social Club purchased the Sandringham Hotel from receivers in late 2012, and re-branded the legendary live music pub into a Sydney instalment of their model. Located
West Australian hotel industry stalwart Neil Randall is overhauling his beloved pub to “keep up with the trend” in the dynamic Perth hospitality market. The Paddo Ale House is a Perth institution and has been operated since 1987 by AHA President and former football great Neil Randall. The lease to the hotel came up for
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One of Victoria’s beloved pubs will become modern apartments – but the building will remain intact largely courtesy of the ground roots movement to save it. Mentone’s Mentone Hotel – formerly the Edgewater Hotel and popularly known as ‘The Edgy’ – closed for good late last year as no operator could be found for the
A landmark pub on the outskirts of the Sydney CBD will soon close as its residential value has overtaken that of it remaining a pub. The Alexandria Hotel was built in the 1920s by Tooth and Co, but the location has been a hotel since the 1870s. The building is the last of its kind
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A group of four businessmen have banded together to revive Adelaide’s heritage-listed and recently closed Stag Hotel. The hotel’s leasehold fell to the liquidators in April and the new operators, headed by Adelaide businessman Philip Speakman, hope to reopen it as the Fat Stag – offering “a lot more” – in coming months. Speakman is
Well-known Darling Harbour bar La Cita has closed citing the “radical” drop in business due to the Sydney CBD ‘lockout’ laws. CRS Insolvency Services has been appointed, after approximately $580,000 of debt was accumulated before the owners determined to file for liquidation – blaming the 1:30 lockouts and 3am closing for a “radical drop in
One of the old-timers of Sydney’s Oxford Street party scene has sold, as patronage drop in the lockout zone drives property value into other options. The Exchange Hotel, at the lower end of Oxford St, near Hype Park, has been operating for over a century. For the past three decades it has thrived in a
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An historic Brisbane pub has been spared the wrecking ball, with Council jumping in with a protection order. St Patrick’s College bought Shorncliffe’s Seaview Hotel last year, closing the pub business with plans to use parts of the property for expansion. Following lodgement of a Development Application, Brisbane City Council leapt to action, rushing a
The big girl of Double Bay has grown, launching today its new designer Garden Bar for late-night listening and dining pleasure. The Golden Sheaf has been a cornerstone of the eastern suburbs since the 1920s, and the fairy-lit indoor/outdoor space designed by “creative gurus” Alexander & Co brings another level of sophistication to the massive
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