Alistair Flower has swooped on the elegant Hastings Hotel in Wauchope, celebrating rapid expansion and the birth of new entries to Flower Hotels. The former Redcape general manager, overseeing 40 venues, took his experience north and revived the Settler’s Inn in Port Macquarie from a troubled operation to something of a regional beacon, with a […]
Balmain gastro-pub the Riverview Hotel has been taken by new entrants to the pub sector, bringing a sharp background in professional hospitality. Jimmy and Nicola Queally sold the leasehold Interest of the former Balmain Pub Group’s Riverview, citing “mixed emotions” in the wake of their need to devote more time to their Randwick restaurant. ‘The
After nearly three decades, the Brock family has departed “Queensland’s oldest pub” – ushering in old hand new entrants to the pub game. Built 1851 by Francis Bigge as the Brighton Hotel, on the shores of Moreton Bay overlooking North Stradbroke Island, the beautiful two-storey Grand View Hotel has never ceased trading. It offers locals
The Smiths say goodbye to their thriving Australian Hotel, ending decades of their dedicated operation as they hand the reins to new locals Andrew Carson and family. Glenda and Gary Smith have owned and run their stately 1909-built Hotel overlooking main road Byron Street in Inverell for around forty years. One of just four pubs
Townsville icon Molly Malones has been bought by north Queensland group Zeller Investments. Built 1901 as the Tattersalls Hotel, the heritage-listed two-storey brick corner pub was reinvented as the Irish-themed Molly Malones back in 1999. It offers a craft beer lounge, beer garden, function space, commercial kitchen and bistro, and a nightclub, but no gaming.
By Emma Castle Lisa and Glenn Connell from Western Australia have crossed the Nullarbor to buy the iconic Pub with No Beer in Ingham, Queensland. The heritage-listed Lees Hotel was made famous by Slim Dusty’s country music homage, The Pub with No Beer, based on a WWII legend wherein a group of American soldiers drink
Jaime Wirth and associates have taken on a third operation – picking up the lease on the Old Fitzroy in the active waterside precinct of Woolloomooloo.
Western Sydney pub stalwart Michael Broome is bringing some of the best of the west to the northern beaches, taking on Dee Why’s beachside Deck Bar. Broome’s Western Pub Holdings (WPH) operates several venues in Sydney’s greater west, including the immensely successful High Street Social, in Penrith. He is a delegate for the region, although
News of the sale of two massive inner western pubs has emerged to herald a strong start to the year, with the Lidcombe Hotel and Royal Exchange Hotel Marrickville fetching a combined $80+ million. The off-market sale of the Lidcombe was by Monarch Hotels, which last year was tempted to market with its Banksia Hotel
Peter Griffiths has sold Crookwell’s stoic Commercial Hotel – aka the Horse & Hound – to three brothers Murray, ushering locals into the pub game. The two-storey brick pub on main street was built 1871 on a 1,141sqm block. It is known locally as the Commercial, although last traded as the Horse & Hound before
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