MASSIVE SNOW DUMP – INSIDE SYDNEY PUB
The Greenwood Hotel in North Sydney has embraced the season of cold and trucked in 60 tonnes of snow for a massive winter party. Yesterday 30 tonnes of the powder was delivered to the 1892 former church in the heart
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SET TO ATTRACT PUB PATRONS
The Australian Cinema & Entertainment Network is kick-starting its expansion into the pub industry with The AUSSCAs ‘crowd-powered short film tournament’. The traditional cinema model is under pressure from increased availability of entertainment and piracy, but going to the cinema
PLANS FOR LIVING IN THE EDGY
One of Victoria’s beloved pubs will become modern apartments – but the building will remain intact largely courtesy of the ground roots movement to save it. Mentone’s Mentone Hotel – formerly the Edgewater Hotel and popularly known as ‘The Edgy’
PUB B&B: OPPORTUNITY RISING
As multi-national hotel chains continue to plough investment into new high-star rooms, more pubs are taking advantage of the comparatively neglected mid-tier market. One such pub is Rozelle’s Merton Hotel, on a busy corner of Victoria Road, on the edge
HISTORIC SYDNEY PUB TO FALL AS RESI WINS PRICE WAR
A landmark pub on the outskirts of the Sydney CBD will soon close as its residential value has overtaken that of it remaining a pub. The Alexandria Hotel was built in the 1920s by Tooth and Co, but the location
GRAND FINAL BRAWL ENDS IN JAIL
A brawl that twice erupted during last year’s AFL Grand Final has finally ended, with the final offender sentenced to 30 months in prison. Richard Clarke has been jailed for a drunken attack on Aaron Lloyd at the Langwarrin Hotel,
MERIVALE STAR-STUDDED EVENT ASKS R U OK?
Pioneering hotel operator Merivale has announced a gala event fronted by some of the country’s best chefs, in support of the awareness campaign asking R U OK? R U OK? is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2009 that pursues the
TOP UK JUDGE JOINS SYDNEY BEER & CIDER SHOW
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW has added another celebrity name to its judging line-up for the 2015 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show. Former chief brewer at Lion Nathan and UK Chairman of Judges Bill Taylor will join fellow
COURT HEARS HEMMES TO KEEP COOGEE PAVILION
The Supreme Court stoush between Justin Hemmes and David Kingston over the Coogee Pavilion has reached an “in-principle agreement”. [caption id="attachment_2367" align="alignright" width="390"] Justin Hemmes[/caption] The pair ended up before the court after Kingston issued several Notices to Merivale in
NO BUTTS – STRICT NEW SMOKING LAWS BEGIN TODAY
The noose around smokers’ rights has tightened a little more, with the latest bout of smoking restrictions coming into effect today in NSW. Potentially the kind of logistical problem as the indoor smoking ban that took effect in July 2007,
