STOCKADE BAR-BREWERY MARRICKVILLE NOW OPEN
Stockade Brewery has cranked up both premises and product, opening a new Marrickville bar and tasting room with a new brewery, complementing cores with dabbles in barrels and all craft beverages. Evolving from a successful operation in south-west Sydney, Anton
PATRONS BEHAVING BADLY
A spate of serious violent incidents in pubs in eastern capitals has brought hospitalisations and partial amputations. On Friday night, emergency services were called to an Irish pub on Goulburn Street, on reports of two men fighting. A 24-year-old man
EVERYTHING PEACHY FOR MARLOW GROUP
The Marlow Hotel Group has secured the huge Peachtree Hotel in Penrith, following less than a year’s ownership by ASX-listed property developer, Boyuan Holdings. Chinese development company Boyuan Holdings Limited (ASX: BHL) bought the big Penrith pub last October from
O’BRIEN GROUP LANDS SINGO’S BONDI BEACH ICEBERGS
The highly successful O’Brien Group has secured a foothold in Sydney with the lease rights purchase to Singleton’s iconic Icebergs in Bondi. The internationally renowned Icebergs Dining Room & Bar (IDRB) occupies 675sqm on the top level of the three-storey
ORIGIN WIN FOR LION WITH XXXX v NEW
The pinnacle of rugby league is currently electrifying fans throughout the country, and Lion has tapped into the indelible link between State of Origin and beer by backing Blues and Maroons. The State of Origin is for many the highlight
HAMILTON LICENSEE CONVICTED OVER VENUES LIST CONDITIONS BREACH
The Sydney Junction Hotel is back in the news for the wrong reasons, as the former licensee is convicted of a breach of conditions regarding security patrols. The popular Hamilton pub escalated into Level 1 of Liquor & Gaming NSW’s
DIXON & KKR’S AVC LOOKING TO LEAP WITH COLES JV
The much-rumoured joint venture between Coles’ pub arm and a big operator is close to a deal with KKR’s Australian Venue Company, with the major hurdle fast approaching. Speculation has emerged about a broad change to the fleet of Spirit
HOLMESVILLE HAVEN UP FOR GRABS AS WOOLFS RETIRE
Calling time on a decade owning the Holmesville Hotel, Steph Woolf and husband Geoff have put the heart of town to market. The Woolfs bought the two-storey brick and timber Federation-style pub in 2007, and went on to become licensees
SPOONFED OFFERING EFFECTIVE STAFF TRAINING IN PUBS
GTD Hospitality has announced its new generation in relevant staff training, Spoonfed, providing cost-effective visual education for pub staff for venues to use as required. The Spoonfed product continues the work of GTD’s hospitalityTV system, now using a new cloud-based
CHAAYA’S SALE AND LEASEBACK OF THE BAY HOTEL
Melbourne publican Andre Chaaya is cashing in the title to his popular Bay Hotel, so he can take it to another level. Chaaya has owned the operation at the Bay in Mordialloc in south-east Melbourne since 2013, and two years