BROTHERS RESURRECT PHOENIX HOTEL WITH BIG SMALL PLANS
Brothers Alex, Will and Andrew Cooney have taken on the beleaguered Phoenix Hotel – with plans to reinvent the baby of the Paddington pub scene. With a new pared-back décor and trendy share-style menu more like that of a boutique
NOISY FORMER NEIGHBOUR SCORES NOISE RULING ON CBD HOTEL
The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has ruled on the noise complaints of one vocal neighbour to Stephen Hunt’s CBD Hotel. The woman that lodged the official complaint was one of a number of residents that overlook the Hotel, on
DRINKS GIANTS TRADE DIRECTOR
Commercial director of Diageo Australia, David Halliday, has resigned to take up a senior role at one of the company’s biggest competitors. Halliday has spent two years at the helm of Australian commercial operations for Diageo, and is attributed with
RANDWICK’S TOP ‘DOG’ SELLS TO CRAFTY PUBLICAN
Owners of the uber-successful and crafty Dove & Olive and Keg & Brew have snapped up a Randwick landmark to add to the award-winning portfolio. The burgeoning Good Beer Company (GBC) has bought Newhaven Hotels’ Duke of Gloucester, with plans
PUB AND MANAGER CONVICTED OVER DUI DEATH
The Kangaroo Island pub and manager guilty of serving 22 drinks and takeaway to a man who then died driving his car home have finally been sentenced. [caption id="attachment_1899" align="alignright" width="309"] Anthony Read. Image: The Islander[/caption] In June 2013, a
‘SEA CHANGE’ PUB SALE COULD WITNESS REDEVELOPMENT
The ultimate ‘Sea Change’ pub has come on the market in Melbourne, offering potential for a landmark holiday destination development. The St Leonards Hotel, overlooking Port Phillip Bay pub south-west of Melbourne, was once the centre of the ABC’s late
AUSTRALIAN WORLD-FIRST LEVITATING DRINK “FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE”
An Australian bartender saw the winners’ podium at Diageo’s World Class competition, with an event-first levitating cocktail designed “for anyone to make”. Jack Sotti, manager of Melbourne’s Boilermaker House, said the decision to enter the global bartender competition came after
BLUE SKY BUYS INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP
Greg Maitland’s Independent Pub Group is independent no more, with Blue Sky Private Equity purchasing a majority stake amid a re-brand to become GM Hotels. [caption id="attachment_3768" align="alignright" width="334"] GM Hotels' Tower Hotel[/caption] Formed in 2007, Independent Pub Group (IPG)
BEER & CIDER SHOW LAUDS “EXCEPTIONAL” CHAMPIONS
The Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show crowned a new court of champions Friday night, with a boutique brewery taking two of the top awards. This year sees the ninth instalment of the prestigious beverage awards, and a record number
QUEEN OF THE DESERT RETURNS TO PALACE HOTEL FOR ‘BROKEN HEEL’ FESTIVAL
Twenty-one years ago Broken Hill came into the spotlight as a film about three drag queens put it on the LGBTI map. Priscilla, Queens of the Desert, is about two drag queens and a transsexual that convert an old bus
