BRISBANE ‘TROPHY’ PUB LATEST TO HIT MARKET
Real estate market mania continues to see hot property sent to market, now including operator and developer target, North Brisbane’s large-format Homestead Tavern. Located on a generous 7,550 m² block in beachside Boondall, the vendors have executed regular renovation to
CALLINAN REVIEW ON LOCKOUTS DELAYED
In response to the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn the application of ‘lockout’ laws on some Sydney venues, the review into the policies by Hon. Ian Callinan AC has been delayed. The Independent Liquor Law Review announced the granting of
YE OLDE PUB NEGOTIATING TO GET BACK ITS SPIRIT
The way old Ye Olde Man & Scythe is cranky about the loss of its spirit, last ‘seen’ haunting a metal jar in an exhibit of Chinese contemporary art in Manchester. [caption id="attachment_7118" align="alignright" width="295"] Ye Olde Man & Scythe[/caption]
SOLOTEL SET TO UNVEIL REJUVENATED PADDINGTON INN
After a six-month reno, Solotel’s Paddington Inn returns next week to celebrate local architecture and its place in the tale of the modern bistro. Thirty years ago Bruce Solomon purchased the famous corner pub on Oxford Street, thus launching what
PUBLICANS TURN TO HOTELS & HASHTAGS
The Pub Innovation parlay took place yesterday in the Amora Riverwalk Hotel, presenting ‘What’s next for your business? to innovatory publicans in attendance. The event was a follow-on of the successful Pub Evolution meet in Bendigo earlier this year –
LOCAL WINS BATTLE FOR GRAVILLIS’ KEMPSEY PUB
Hotel Kempsey has joined the ranks of hot property coastal pubs to change hands, with a local expanding publican beating out the metropolitan groups. The family of Peter Gravillis listed the popular local in June, after nearly 30 years owning
SUPREME COURT OPENS DOOR FOR SOME LOCKOUT-BLIGHTED VENUES
Last Thursday the Supreme Court handed down the first good news in years for Sydney’s ‘locked out’ venues, but there’s no cause for celebration yet. Justice Natalie Adams was called to adjudicate on the case filed by the Coronation Hotel,
HOT WATERLOO PUB ON OFFER
Owners of Waterloo’s Grosvenor Hotel have put it to market, citing what happens to all good things for the popular corner pub. Two business partners, former Coca-Cola Amatil executive Denis Hickey and corporate identity Warwick Negus, have listed the freehold
HERITAGE PUB TO CLOSE AS PROPRIETORS MOVE ONE
One of the old ladies of Adelaide will soon call it a day, as developers re-purpose the heritage-listed pub as a commercial space. Hotel Wright St occupies the corner of Wright and Compton Streets, in the heart of the Adelaide
WOW FIGURES SHED LIGHT ON ALH DILEMMA
Australia’s biggest pub operator is the crux of a profitability dilemma for its majority owner Woolworths, as the supermarket giant weighs up bottom line and a PR crisis. Woolworth Limited (ASX: WOW) yesterday announced its full year results for FY16,
