VENUES WIN IN TASMANIAN POKIES ELECTION
Tasmania’s election – aka the state referendum on poker machines – has ended with a decisive win by the incumbent Liberal government, with its plans to keep them. For several months news on the pending Tasmanian state election has been
AVC CONTINUES GROWTH VIA O’BRIENS AND PRINCE ALFRED HOTEL
[caption id="attachment_12584" align="alignright" width="178"] Prince Alfred Hotel[/caption] The acquisitive Australian Venue Company is extending its working relationship with the O’Brien family, taking on the lease at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Richmond’s bustling Church Street. Australian Venue Company (AVC) –
LIDDYS LIST ENGADINE TAVERN AFTER 39 YEARS
After 39 years, the Liddy family is parting with the sprawling Engadine Tavern, set on 5,576sqm in an “under-pubbed” south-western Sydney precinct. The Liddys purchased the pub in 1979, Engadine at the time a growing residential area following a large-scale
IMPERIAL MEETS MARK FOR MARDI GRAS
Following an extensive eight month $6m renovation, Fraser Short and Scott Leach tonight reopen Erskineville’s fabled Imperial Hotel, birthplace of Priscilla, right on time for Mardi Gras 2018. Known around the world for its starring role in Priscilla: Queen of
PHMG CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF GASTRO AT BISTRO MONCUR
A quarter century after he jump-started the gastro pub movement in Australia, chef Damien Pignolet returns to PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur for a special event and commemorative month. On 3 March 1993 the doors first swung open to
AUSSIE COMPANY FLAT TAKES GLOBAL INNOVATION AWARD FOR HOSPITALITY
Australian company Flat Tech has been awarded one of the hospitality industry’s highest accolades – set to accept the Kitchen Innovation Award at the upcoming Restaurant, Hotel-Motel show in Chicago. Each year the National Restaurant Association recognises performance and development
ALH IN DAMAGE CONTROL FOLLOWING WILD ACCUSATIONS
Fairfax has published a damning expose on the alleged workings of Woolworths-backed ALH and its approach to optimising gaming revenue through patron monitoring and inducements. Yesterday’s story in the Sydney Morning Herald alludes to a company-wide system of recording and
JDA SEEK BIDDERS FOR PADSTOW PARK
John Feros’ JDA Hotels has listed Top200 pub the Padstow Park Hotel, with new extended trading and price expectations in the high $20 millions. After executing sale-and-leaseback of the Group’s Allawah Hotel last September, and record-breaking auction of the development-ready
OPERATOR COPS 10 YEAR BAN AND $50k FINES FOR LIQUOR BREACHES
UPDATE: A former operator of Replay karaoke bar has been slapped with some of the “heaviest sanctions imposed for liquor licence breaches in recent years” for major infractions around sale of alcohol and trading hours. An investigation by undercover inspectors
HIBERNATING TERMINUS HOTEL TO RECOMMENCE
Pyrmont’s time-warp Terminus Hotel will soon reopen, sporting a sympathetic look and Mediterranean menu alongside memories of nearly 32 years dormant. One of Sydney’s oldest licensed establishments, first pouring drinks on Christmas Eve 1841, the original pub was demolished and
