Kings Cross

SOLOTEL “VERY PLEASED” AS SOLOMON DODGES MEDIA BULLET

Posted on December 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A week after quiet-spoken hotel doyen Bruce Solomon seized the opportunity to slap some perspective on Sydney’s lockout laws debate, all is quiet on the nanny-state front. Solomon rose to accept his inauguration into the NSW Australian Hotels Association Hall

IRIS’ ‘EMPIRE’ BUILDING KINGS CROSS OPPORTUNITY

Posted on August 31st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Making the most of Kings Cross’ reluctant transformation to residential, cashed-up Iris Capital Group has acquired three adjacent blocks on Darlinghurst Road. It has been revealed Sam Arnaout’s Iris Group has completed the purchase of the Empire Hotel – adjacent

DEATH OF KINGS CROSS SPARKS CLASS ACTION

Posted on August 7th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Shutting for good on Wednesday, Thursday Hugos’ owner and staff fronted a party of Kings Cross stakeholders and a Federal MP to announce intentions of a class action against the NSW Government. As the award-winning cornerstone of Kings Cross closes

HUGOS FIRE SALE AMID LOCKOUT BLUES

Posted on July 31st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Sydney and Kings Cross ‘lockout’ laws have claimed another victim, with the acclaimed Hugos Lounge going into voluntary administration. HLB Mann Judd reported to PubTIC that the business has lost $6 million annual turnover since the trading restrictions began

LIFE BANS FOR ROGUE OPERATORS

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Two former Kings Cross operators have received life bans from holding liquor licences in the “toughest sanctions ever imposed” by the ILGA. Licensee John Barakat and manager Dominic Kaikaty faced a special application by the Office of Liquor Gaming &

KINGS CROSS BOUNCER CHARGED OVER SELF-DEFENCE PUNCH

Posted on May 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Police have charged a Kings Cross bouncer over a punch to an aggressive patron enraged over being denied entry at lock-out time. Around 1:30 am Tuesday, 14 April, security at a hotel on William Street in Kings Cross refused two

THE PUB WITCH-HUNT MUST STOP! IN THE NAME OF EVIDENCE

Posted on March 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Unabashed political lobbying was the order of yesterday in the Daily Telegraph, as the CEO of St Vincent’s Health pleaded with both parties ahead of policy announcements. Toby Hall is obviously a health-care professional that rightly abhors violence and physical