MELBOURNE FIGHTING TO SAVE METROPOLITAN
Melbourne City Council is fighting back against what it sees as the ongoing loss of the city’s historic pubs, pleading for heritage protection on the under-threat Metropolitan Hotel. Built 1854, the modest two-storey Victorian building on the corner of William
NEW BEER INTO THE ‘BURBS
Article supplied by Australian Brewery sales manager and craft beer enthusiast, David Ward. [caption id="attachment_13974" align="alignright" width="159"] David Ward[/caption] The sustained consumer interest in the craft beer phenomenon suggests it is here to stay, and more stalwart suburban locals
UNIVERSAL TAKES OXFORD ST ICON MIDNIGHT SHIFT
Universal Hotels has clinched another Oxford Street icon – it’s biggest to date – settling on the once-thriving now dormant Midnight Shift. The acquisitive pub group now holds title on four Oxford Street pubs, in a clear play to invest
NATIVE ROSE OFF TO AUCTION
The freehold interest of Rozelle’s Native Rose – formerly the Ruby L’otel – is for sale, with a craft beer tenant on a long lease. Investor Michael Huang bought the property in 2015, and largely operated it himself, until executing
UNIVERSAL SALE BRINGING BROAD APPEAL
Universal nightclub in Bendigo is for sale, offering potential for seven-day trade and an expanded offering, with a rare 5am licence. The nightclub opened in the late 90s, licensed to hold 500 patrons. Widely known as Universal on McCrae Street,
BLUE SKY FOR FIREHOUSE HOTEL UNDER HUGE TOWER PROJECT
North Sydney’s historic Firehouse Hotel will become the nucleus of a massive 35-storey tower through $121 million plans for its airspace. Publican Mark Barry has owned the pub since 2001, overseeing its conversion from a heritage-listed fire station, built in
BOUNCER JAILED FOR INJURING BANNED ABUSIVE PATRON
A pub bouncer is appealing his conviction and sentencing for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, in relation to injuries inflicted on a banned patron. Joseph Tulikaki was employed at a hotel in Orange as a responsible service of alcohol (RSA) marshal.
TOURIST HOTEL SOLD TO LOCAL
A Sydney-based syndicate has sold Narrabri’s big Tourist Hotel to an enterprising local set to breathe some new life into the simmering local. Narrabri is a town of 6,000 people around 500 kilometres north-west of Sydney, best-known for its cotton
LION BACKS UP IRON JACK WITH FULL-STRENGTH
Following the widespread success of Iron Jack last year, Lion is rolling out a full-strength version to further the stable of the brand. Lion trademarked Legendary Brewing Co. (LBC) in 2017, coloured with stories that are “fictional but familiar”. The
FANATICAL LIVINGSTONE REOPENS HOTEL WILLIAM AS HYDE PARK HOUSE
Warren Livingstone has thrown open the doors to Laundy’s former Hotel William in East Sydney, rebranded Hyde Park House. The four-level pub on William Street was built 1919, and was once described by Arthur Laundy as having the “best rooftop
