Open & Closed

OSCARS LAUNCHES SYDNEY SUPER-PUB

Posted on July 15th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Oscars Hotels has launched an amazing new hotel venue in Sydney’s south-west set to become a hub of entertainment and business. [caption id="attachment_3049" align="alignright" width="388"] L-R: Mario Gravanis, Mayor Frank Carbone, Bill Gravanis[/caption] Last night saw the gala opening of

NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB TO GET EVEN MORE SOCIAL

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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,

PUB LANDMARK TO OVERHAUL IN “VERY COMPETITIVE” PERTH

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

PLANS FOR LIVING IN THE EDGY

Posted on July 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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’

‘FATTENED’ STAG HOTEL TO REOPEN SOON

Posted on July 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

LOCKOUT CLOSES DOORS ON DARLING HARBOUR BAR

Posted on July 1st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

OXFORD ST ICON CLOSES AS LATE-NIGHT ECONOMY DIES

Posted on June 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

COUNCIL LEAPS TO SAVE “HISTORIC” BRISBANE HOTEL

Posted on June 17th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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

THE SHEAF GROWS A NEW LEAF

Posted on June 15th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
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