Footscray Hotel

COMMUNITY RALLIES TO SAVE ICONIC FOOTSCRAY

Posted on February 19th, 2025 by Jane Louise
The owners of one of Melbourne’s last old-style pubs have sent out an urgent call for help. The Footscray Hotel, which for years has helped its struggling community by providing both food and affordable accommodation, now needs a hand itself.

FOOTSCRAY HOTEL: DEVOUT LOCAL IN MELBOURNE’S HEART

Posted on March 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Old-time publican Brian Kramer runs the kind of old-school pub that made pubs a staple of the Australian community. Amid soaring development and relentless gentrification, the Footscray Hotel occupies a prime block on bustling Hopkins Street, just a few blocks