COUNCIL LOOKS INTO VIP ROOMS
Pubs throughout Sydney LGA are on notice as Council investigates the legality of the ever-present VIP Lounge signs promoting gaming rooms. The SMH reported how council began inspections of the “euphemistic” signage for VIPs at several hotels in the vicinity
STONEHENGE STILL STANDING
A Queensland town’s hub pub is fighting on and back, after a huge storm hit the tiny town and crashed nearly half the pub, late last year. A night of drinking and offer of an interest-free loan led to old
WAUGH AND LAWLER GO COMMY
The new year has already found Sydney hoteliers drawn north to Newcastle, as a partnership with Ashton Waugh and Ben Lawler take the deeds to The Commo of Cooks Hill. A classic red brick two-storey corner pub, the Commonwealth is
MOMENTO FINDS OLD GOLD AT SILVERWATER
Putting a fresh spin on brownfield builds, Momento has whipped up a pub for the needy patrons of Silverwater and surrounds, in western Sydney. The Silverwater Hotel burst open this week sporting indoor and outdoor dining, live sports, gaming and
KANIVA’S COMMERCIAL TURNS CURIOSITY CENTRAL
An aviator walked into a bar, bought it, and installed a new lived-in look to accompany the kitsch community of Kaniva. Lurking around 420 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in a Victorian border town, the Commercial Hotel in Kaniva is a
VILLAGE IN NEW AMBITIOUS HANDS
Brody Peterson has divested his handsome Village Inn of upmarket Paddington to an interstate investor, as capital holders push to leverage the pub sector. Established 1850, the pub is a prominent three-level building on a 171sqm site in the inner-city
SHEFFIELD FOR SALE AND READY TO SHINE
The picturesque Sheffield Hotel is for sale for the first time in more than four decades, as owners and operators retire and offer up the idyllic country town pub. The Sheffield Hotel is said to be “one of the best
HISTORIC CLAREMONT UNVEILS MASSIVE REINVENTION RENOVATION
Australian Venue Co has reopened the iconic Claremont Hotel, after nearly three years dark and an amazing $12 million makeover. A hotel first opened on the site in 1886, but it was demolished and in 1902 the current structure was
LABOR’S POKIE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT ASSURES MAJOR REFORM IN MARCH
Politicking over pokies has burst into 2023, as the NSW opposition Labor Party announces its alternative action regarding the momentum to force cashless gaming into Australia’s biggest state of pubs and clubs. In the wake of Premier Dominic Perrottet’s pronouncement
KELLYS PASS THE BROOKIE TO IRVINS
The Kelly family has capped a record year for the pub sector, selling its northern beaches institution the Brookvale Hotel to Irvin Hotel Group for a reported $42 million. The large suburban pub on 2,700sqm on arterial Pittwater Road provides
