PUB STAFF GUILTY OVER DUI DEATH
A landmark case that saw hotel staff charged after a drunk patron died in a road crash has reached trial, but the hangover isn’t over yet. [caption id="attachment_1899" align="alignright" width="309"] Anthony Read. Image: The Islander[/caption] In mid-2013 Kangaroo Island resident
KEYSTONE’S NEWTOWN SERVES UP ANOTHER CIDER FAIR
The Newtown Hotel is running its second annual cider festival this weekend, as crafty drinkers continue to lap up the growing category. Located in the highly gentrified and almost dangerously hipster inner-Sydney suburb of Newtown, the eponymous hotel stands on
AUSSIE TECH PAYMENT SYSTEM TAPPING INTO BEER LOVERS
Amid the noise of products and software around POS and loyalty systems, Australian company Clipp is fast becoming the option of choice for a lot of Sydney venues. Fundamentally, Clipp gives patrons a quick, convenient way of paying a bar
CLOSE OR LOSE MONEY FOR EASTER. WHO’S THE BUNNY?
As businesses around the country lick the wounds inflicted on P&L by the Easter weekend, the debate around penalty rates continues to brand employers the ‘bad guys’. In terms of public opinion, the problem would largely appear to stem from
BOUNCERS NEAR KILL KNIFE-WIELDING PATRON
In what could have been a scene from underbelly, a pack of nightclub bouncers from Melbourne’s upmarket CQ Hotel chased down and nearly stabbed to death a patron with his own knife. Career bouncer Remzi Orcanoglu was granted bail in
MORE MELBOURNE PUB ROYALTY COMES TO MARKET
Another Melbourne pub icon has hit the market offering investors an “opportunity of imperial proportions”. Situated on the city’s best-known CBD corner – Bourke and Spring Streets – the Imperial Hotel is adjacent to Chinatown and directly opposite Parliament House,
BRISBANE’S “WORST VEGETARIAN PUB” SOLD TO BREWING FAMILY
Independent Pub Group has passed the reigns of another Brisbane pub, this time to the nephew of the 80s little battler Bernie Power of Power Brewing. James Power has reportedly picked up the historic Norman Hotel for just under $7
SOUTHERN SYDNEY STAR ON MARKET AS AREA FLOURISHES
After three decades in the same hands the Macquarie Hotel in Liverpool has hit the market as the area is set to boom. The long-term family partnership that holds the keys to the Macquarie, well-positioned amid the Liverpool city centre’s
“GLASSING” PUTS PUB IN THE HOT SEAT
A pub in suburban Camden went through the PR wringer this week as shock-hungry media latched onto a police report that mentioned a “glassing”. [caption id="attachment_1829" align="alignright" width="276"] Camden Hotel[/caption] PubTIC contacted the Camden Hotel, which initially resisted discussion on
LICENSEE FINED AND CONVICTED FOR LOCKOUT BREACH
The OLGR reports a Sydney publican had a conviction recorded and strike against his venue due to his “specific” involvement in a lockout breach. Licensee of the Hotel Chambers, Chady Khouzame, pleaded guilty in Downing Centre Local Court last Wednesday
