One Melbourne pub has gotten the sh*ts with hordes of people off the street using its amenities and instigated a $4.50 ‘fee to pee’. Nearly a year ago Tom Tshul bought Fitzroy’s The Stone Hotel, which is located on the busy corner of Fitzroy’s Johnston and Brunswick streets, next to a well-patronised tram stop. Since taking […]
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Authorities have released the 1800+ submissions made to the Review on Sydney’s ‘lockouts’ and trade restrictions, with all but a few stakeholders failing to even address the real issue. In line with the dirge of media and commentary emanating from the champions of public health and perceived morality, many of the submissions focused on the
A Melbourne company is harnessing the power of technology to keep pub patrons engaged with the age-old notion of Happy Hour. Beginning as a website, The Happiest Hour (THH) was started by Chris Canty when his favourite pub stopped serving $5 jugs. After ticking along for seven years, it grew into a viable business model
The phenomenon that is portable, pedal-powered pubs has hit Australian streets and is helping drive patrons where they have not been before. Enormous, over-size bicycles that seat over a dozen people and serve beer have become popular in cities across Europe and the USA. Entrepreneurs Steve Lindsay and Jason Seris have partnered to bring the
The New South Wales Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing has reported a massive response to requests for input on Sydney’s controversial lockout laws and State bottleshop closure. The Callinan Review, fronted by the Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC, is mandated to assess for the State Government all benefits and downsides of the 1:30am lockout,
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Regional NSW pubs have copped a blow to tourism dollars with the collapse of tourism body Inland NSW Regional Tourism Organisation Incorporated. Inland NSW was formed in 2011 to promote tourism across much of north and western New South Wales, having arisen from a merger between entities from the New England, Riverina, Central and Far
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Popular NSW North Coast pub the Plantation Hotel is backing a local initiative to use trained fighters to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘coward’ punches. Martial arts instructor Michael Landas approached Plantation Hotel general manager Daniel Knox, who was eager to lend support for the anti-violence program. The ‘Don’t Be A Dog’ campaign is
SBS will tomorrow night host a high-stakes debate on Sydney’s lockout laws between dissenting parties – as a massive survey reports an overwhelmingly No! from the public. Current affairs provocateur The Feed has lined up a panel to discuss the pro’s and con’s of the trade restrictions that have transformed Sydney’s Kings Cross and CBD
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Sydney-siders gathered to protest the infamous trade restrictions and lockout laws that are being seen as the cause of a massive slump in the city’s hospitality scene and nightlife. Around fifteen thousand protesters, including hospitality business owners and staff, music fans and musicians and members of the public, marched through Sydney’s CBD yesterday as part
After two decades pushing into markets in dozens of overseas cities, pedal-pubs are set to set off in Adelaide later this month. US-based entrepreneur and former Rolls Royce engineer Stephen Lindsay is bringing two Amsterdam-manufactured 16-seater cycles to Australia to operate them as licensed pubs touring the streets of the South Australian capital. The HandleBar
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