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TEAM BEHIND MARQUIS OF LORNE CLIMB MT ERICA

Posted on July 28th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After closing suddenly at the end of 2016, Prahran’s Victorian-era Mt Erica Hotel will soon be reopened with a new fit-out and old soul. Furthering and following on from their successes at Fitzroy’s Marquis of Lorne, Will Benjamin, Matt Vero

HISTORIC WELDBOROUGH HOTEL TO RIDE AGAIN

Posted on July 21st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The tiny and historic Weldborough Hotel is on the path to a big revival courtesy of some local entrepreneurs, good use of its ancestry, and a whole lot of mountain bikes. The Hotel is the sole pub in the modest

REVISED FOUR IN HAND NOW OPEN: WAUGH

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG has settled in and overhauled the legendary Four in Hand, reopening with new integration alongside a sustained homage to history in the heritage-listed pub. Bursting onto the scene mid-2015, Public House Management Group (PHMG) let loose the

SOLOTEL’S NEW MARLBOROUGH AND PUBLICAN OF THE YEAR

Posted on June 9th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Solotel has taken the reins at Newtown’s landmark Marlborough Hotel, furthering its grip on the inner west and installing publican of the year Amanda Verratti to further Public House successes. Following announcement of the acquisition in April, Bruce Solomon’s group

RETURN OF NEW FEDERAL HOTEL

Posted on June 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Ipswich publican Craig Wise is reviving one of the area’s oldest pubs, bringing back an old name with a new look and feel. What was the Irish-themed Squealing Pig has returned to its former moniker of the Federal Hotel, under

RICHMOND’S RUBRIC RISING SUN TO RISE AGAIN

Posted on May 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After several years in the wilderness, Richmond’s iconic Rising Sun Hotel is coming back to life – reassured of remaining part of Melbourne’s hotel landscape. Pat Reardon (Sr) bought the leasehold business in the late 90s, furthering the family’s history

O’HARA ADDS TO HIS COLLECTOR HOTEL

Posted on April 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Dan O’Hara and his gun chef(s) are about to revamp Parramatta’s Collector Hotel, after taking the keys this week. The Collector resides in a Western Sydney University building, in booming Parramatta. The leasehold business boasts the unusual benefit of retaining

THE PRINCE OF KIRRAWEE JUST DAYS FROM OPENING

Posted on January 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Another brand new pub is set to open in Sydney, with 6 February now confirmed as inauguration date for Chris Feros’ The Prince, in Kirrawee. The rare greenfield construction* is the result of a four-year dream for Feros that recognised

TERMINUS ‘GHOST’ PUB TO LIVE AGAIN

Posted on October 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney’s time-capsule Terminus Hotel is preparing to reopen, after 30 years of slumber. The Federation style pub on Harris Street, Pyrmont ceased trading in 1986 when the enigmatic Isaac and Susan Wakil purchased and promptly closed it. It has remained