SHINING SHAMROCK SET TO SELL
Lucky Toowoomba institution the Shamrock Hotel has hit the market following a big refurbishment, as the Lees look to other ventures. Seona and Wayne Lee bought the large-format pub four years ago and have chipped away at improvements since, unveiling
DOG-DEBATE: O’HARAS LAUNCH YAPPY HOUR
As NSW ponders whether to loosen laws on dog-friendly areas in pubs, Dan O’Hara’s Collector Hotel at Parramatta is embracing fur-babies with its new weekend Yappy Hour. The Collector is a down-town pub in Sydney’s second CBD, Parramatta, and appropriately
PLUCKY PATRON FOILS BANDITS WITH BAR STOOL
A dangerous situation in an east-Brisbane pub has been fended off courtesy of bumbling bandits and a gaming patron with a big stool. Around 11:30 on Monday night (27 November) two masked men entered Coles’ Lord Stanley Hotel on Stanley
HISTORIC AMBASSADOR HOTEL CAUGHT IN BANKRUPTCY DISPUTE
Adelaide property aristocracy the Polites family is embroiled in a dispute over the failed tenant at its heritage-listed Ambassadors Hotel. The majestic Ambassadors Hotel has been a dominant sight on King William Street in the heart of Adelaide since 1881.
GERNER PARTNERS WITH STELLER FOR $35m RESCUE OF THE CONTI
Hotelier Julian Gerner has secured partnership with expanding developer Steller for the $35 million restoration and expansion of Sorrento’s legendary Conti. Gerner purchased the historic four-storey limestone hotel popularly known as The Conti from long-time owners the Di Pietro family
RED ROCK RELAUNCHES KING ST BREWHOUSE AS ALL HANDS
Red Rock Leisure has reinvented the former King St Brewhouse as All Hands Brewing House – a new and approachable brew-pub experience on Darling Harbour. Drawing inspiration from its foundations on the King Street docks, while celebrating “contemporary brewing and
GENDER-BENDER WINS OVER TRANNY BINGO
The pub entertainment institution known as Tranny Bingo is moving with the times – not to new venues, but to the beat of a changing social landscape. Daniel Floyd, aka Penny Tration, has been running his drag queen-hosted bingo night
GARDEN STATE AWARDS BEST OF VICTORIAN HOSPITALITY
‘Tis the season, and this week the AHA Victoria Awards for Excellence named this year’s best and brightest at a gala dinner at The Palladium at Crown. 1200 professionals and guests gathered to hear the champions of the 40 Awards,
OZ PUB GROUP GROW WITH THE BOUNDARY
One of Brisbane’s oldest and most iconic pubs has sold for the first time in 95 years to Colin Macleod’s expanding Oz Pub Group. The Boundary Hotel has stood on the corner of Boundary Rd and Jane St in Brisbane’s
BIG DROP IN VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN VENUES HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITY
Liquor & Gaming’s latest NSW violent venues list has been released, the highly positive results again widening the comparison between it and reality. The twice-annual list details venues that have accumulated 12 or more violent incidents in the prior 12
