Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and has been undergoing repairs ever since. “The basement, where our cellar, offices, all storage and […]
Chris Morris’ Colonial Leisure Group has added to the property portfolio with the freehold of its Lucky Coq in Windsor. CLG operates 10 venues across Victoria, and around the same number again across several other states. It has occupied the Lucky Coq, on the corner of Chapel and High Street, since 2009, on a lease
Australian Venue Co has continued its rebound strategy, taking Fitzroy institution Bimbo from Colonial Leisure. The ‘Bimbo’ of Melbourne has been serving its famous low-cost pizzas and providing late-night entertainment courtesy of its 3am licence to an eclectic mix of patrons for many years. Like all pubs in Australia, Bimbo closed in March 2020, but
The historic Albert Park Hotel is joining the ranks of the re-opened, following an extensive makeover to refresh the offering and usher in another new era for the Melbourne icon. The pub was built 1883 in the southern Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, on the northern shores of Port Phillip Bay. In the 1930s the
Colonial Leisure Group’s Newtown Hotel is taking strides to stand out from the pack, giving Australia’s most famous horse race the bird in homage to its left-leaning locals. The world-famous Melbourne Cup began in 1861, growing to become the annual highlight of the Australian racing calendar, enticing even once-a-year punters to have a flutter. But
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The freehold interest of Colonial Leisure Group’s popular Lucky Coq is for sale, offering a prized lot five kilometres from the Melbourne CBD with certified earnings for the next dozen years. Colonial Leisure Group (CLG) operate 10 venues across Victoria, and a total of 20 Australia-wide. The Group has been at Windsor’s Lucky Coq since
A fire has gutted Colonial Leisure Group’s inner-Melbourne institution Bimbo Deluxe overnight. Emergencies services were called to the Brunswick Street pub around 1:20am, and 24 firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours. The fire is said to have been concentrated in the first-floor offices, and believed to have spread to the main bar on
The second annual Fish Lane Festival will take place in the bustling heart of Brisbane this Saturday, 13 May, celebrating a neighbourhood reborn and Colonial Leisure Group’s induction. The ‘Fish Lane’ precinct is the brainchild of Aria Property Group, which is transforming a former industrial laneway into one of Brisbane’s finest drinking and dining areas.
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A Brisbane Councillor has stirred up an Australia Day brouhaha after criticising CLG’s Fox Hotel for promoting its Colonial IPA – likening colonisation to the Holocaust. Cr Jonathan Sri is Brisbane born and raised, and entered politics with a desire to effect change for under-represented minorities, after studying law and spending time with Aboriginal communities
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Australian venue music-streaming service QSIC continues its rapid growth into the pub industry, celebrating another project at the new high-profile Garden State Hotel. The company began live steaming mid-2014, evolving out of the Easy Control business of founders Nick Larkins and Matt Elsley. Larkins stems from a computer networking background in hospitality POS, and Elsley
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