Sydney-based Applejack hospitality group has jumped into the next addition to the portfolio, reinvigorating and recreating Darlinghurst’s iconic Taphouse. Following a “serious nip and tuck” top-to-bottom refurbishment, the heritage pub reopens to the public Wednesday (13 September), claiming a concept unlike anything in the area – driven by ‘Taps, Tunes, and Chinese. Applejack is passionate […]
Hamish Watts and Ben Carroll’s Applejack Hospitality has reopened institutional Sydney pub Forrester’s following an extensive makeover. Located on the corner of Riley and Foveaux Streets in Surry Hills, established in 1921, the pub was previously one of Jaime Wirth’s Drink n’ Dine trio sold to Australian Venue Co, then known as Dixon Hospitality, in
Surry Hills stalwart the Forresters Hotel has been purchased by Ben Carroll and Hamish Watts’ specialty group Applejack, marking their first pub venture in four years. Carroll and Watts worked together in the late 2000s within National Leisure & Gaming (NLG), before taking their own path and opening a total of seven bar-restaurants and two
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