THE OXFORD FREEHOLD GOING CONCERN LISTED
The freehold concern of the thumping Oxford at Bathurst has come to market, with every angle and upside on a main road of the western capital of racing. The original Oxford is a two-storey brick and timber tin roof classic
O’KEEFES HOTEL: LEGEND IN A LOCAL
Classic Launceston local O’Keefes Hotel has come to market, offering a classic country pub operation with an eponymous local reputation. Stalwart of the Launceston pub game Mike O’Keefe enjoyed many a year and many a beer with locals and tourists
MERIVALE BRINGS THE QUEEN TO THE BEACHES
Merivale has opened the reinvention of its former Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, unveiling Cantonese concept Queen Chow. The venue is headed up by the duo behind Queen Chow Enmore, Patrick Friesen and Eric Koh, offering a classic neighbourhood Cantonese
HOTEL ORANGE TO MARKET ON THE REBOUND
The defrocked and maligned Hotel Orange is in search of a knight, on the rebound from troubled times and more pub than its owners can manage. The large-format two-storey Victorian-style Hotel was established in 1890, built on a generous 614sqm
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF TOOTHS PUBS COMES ONLINE
The Australian National University has released a massive online resource of images and information on pubs of Tooth & Co during the 20th century. One of Australia’s great brewery success stories, Tooth & Co. Ltd began in 1835 and remained
ABBOTT BECOMES KALGOORLIE SKIMPY
Hannons Hotel in the mining mecca of Kalgoorlie is moving with the times, employing its first ‘skimpy’ bar staff to strut his stuff pulling beers. Founded in 1989 as an amalgamation with adjacent Boulder, Kalgoorlie is 600 kilometres west of
LION SNAP UP UK CRAFT STAR
Lion has expanded on successes in Australia with the outright purchase of leading London craft brewer Fourpure. The craft beer market in the UK is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the world, currently representing around five per cent
REDCAPE BUY INTO BREWING WITH COLOSIMO’S ROUSE HILL FLAGSHIP
Redcape has announced its acquisition of the Colosimos’ Australian Hotel and Brewery for around $50 million, heralding the group’s plans to invest in the “craft and localised beer market”. Marcello Colosimo and family opened the large-format Australian Hotel and Brewery
SAND HILL RD UNVEIL PLANS FOR THE ESPY
Sand Hill Road has announced its pending revival of the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy – eyeing a “new cultural destination” for Melbourne and magnificent sunsets over Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne-based pub group Sand Hill Road (SHR) ‘secured’ the
CAXTON ID SCANNER WIN FOR ORIGIN III
Brisbane’s famous Caxton Hotel has won a victory in common sense over the use of ID scanners on the night of State of Origin III. The Caxton is merely a short block from Suncorp Stadium, where the Maroons will fight