HARRY BARRY LISTS MOONEE BEACH AND VILLAGE GREEN
North Coast Pub Group is consolidating in northern NSW, listing its thriving large-format Moonee Beach Tavern in northern Coffs and Village Green in Grafton. Harry Barry’s North Coast Pub Group (NCPG) operates the big Hoey Moey in coastal tourist town
LICENSEE SLAMMED FOR ALLOWING MINORS TO SERVE
The manager of Gosford’s Coast Bar & Restaurant is facing heavy penalties for allowing two underage girls on school work experience to serve alcohol. An investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW, with review of CCTV footage, found two work
AUSTRALIAN DISTILLING CO STORMS WORLD STAGE
Artisan Australian spirits continue to make a splash in licensed venues across the country and across the seas, with Adelaide Gin bringing home a handful of international awards in its very short history to date. Australian Distilling Co officially launched
BOOMING IRIS LISTS KEARSLEY HOTEL
Fresh from its recent record-breaking acquisition of Hotel Steyne, Iris Capital has listed for sale the Hunter Valley’s Kearsley Hotel. Beyond $60-plus million buys in one of Sydney’s highly prized precincts, Iris has been steadily building a formidable presence in
AVC + COLES EXPANSION BEGINS WITH RIVERLAND
The brand new joint venture between Australian Venue Company and Coles has kicked off further expansion plans with purchase of Open Arms Hospitality’s Brisbane hot-spot Riverland. This marks the first acquisition for the newly-formed Queensland Venue Company (QVC), which sees
BRITAIN’S SMALLEST, AND NAKEDEST, PUBS
Statistics show pubs continue to rapidly close all over the UK, but some forge on through economies of lack of scale, and innovation continues to thrive in the form of London’s first nudist pub. The great British pub owes much
SURREY CLUB SLEEPER SET TO WOW MARKET
Redfern diamond in the rough the Surrey ‘Club’ Hotel comes to market, representing a torrent of upside and rare opportunity on the city fringe. Located on a prominent 368sqm corner of Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets, the Surrey is a three-storey
FAMOUS ETTAMOGAH PUB ON OFFER
The original legend of Ettamogah has come to market, boasting a most unusual structure and madcap reputation, just north of the NSW-Victorian border. Ettamogah is an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of good drink'. Budding cartoonist Ken Maynard used to cycle
SLY FOX REOPENS WITH SLY NEW OUTLOOK
Publican Brett Strauss has teamed up with nightclub gurus Kerry Wallace and Benjamin Lepke to reinvent inner-west late-night stomping ground the Sly Fox. Located on the corner of Enmore and Edgeware Roads in Sydney’s inner west, the Fox has been
COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH MYSTERY MANAGEMENT
B2B customer services and mystery shopper company Girl Friday has rebranded to better reflect the work it does helping pubs and other businesses increase their competitive edge. Girl Friday has been operating for over 13 years and has evolved to
