The Calligeros clan has taken ownership from the Maloufs of Paddington’s much-loved and much-owned landmark, the Bellevue Hotel. The two-storey Bellevue has stood on the corner of Hargrave Street and Windsor Lane since 1880. Industry faithful Steven Speed and partner Peter Walker’s WDS Hotels bought it from Singo’s Riversdale in 2014, soon undertaking a complex […]
After a dozen years in the top end, owner-operator Wayne Hornby is ready to call time at his popular South Townsville pub – just as the area is “about to boom”. Former Brisbanite, Hornby moved to the northern capital – Australia’s 13th-largest city – back in 2005, purchasing the Bellevue Hotel, which he has run
Continuing his legacy to the pub kitchen, international chef James Metcalfe will soon be rolling out the JRM Social Series of fine-dining pop-ups at pubs. UK-born Metcalfe has worked in Michelin Star and Hatted kitchens with the likes of Marco Pierre White. Coming to Australia in 2001 he helped launch Becasse, rising to the role
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One of Australia’s most profitable and populous pub ‘burbs continues to set the bar, with Solotel’s commemorative relaunch of Paddington Inn coinciding with two new Hats for the area. Solotel formed 30 years ago when Bruce Solomon purchased landmark corner pub the Paddington Inn, on Oxford Street. Over the next decade it largely led a
One of the best-loved pubs in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has re-opened following an unexpectedly comprehensive overhaul. Seven months ago the new owners of Paddington’s Bellevue Hotel, WDS Group, fronted by industry veteran Steven Speed, began a timely make-over of the famous pub. Peeling back layers of the 1880 two-level hotel opened a Pandora’s Box that
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