Melbourne

HOTEL WINS BACK LOCALS’ FAVOUR IN PIVOTAL MOVE

Posted on September 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Popular St Kilda venue Post Office Club Hotel has pivoted once again, to the delight of its locals. Over the past 153 years the pub, once known as the Buck’s Head Hotel, has seen a lot of changes. From a

VICTORIA RE-EMERGES AS VAX RULES CLARIFIED

Posted on October 22nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne returns to life today after 77 days of its sixth lockdown, encountering some confusion over the COVID rules on vaccination. This week Victoria surpassed 70 per cent of people over 16 having received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

GABS 2017: NEW YEAR, NEW VENUE, SAME SUCCESS

Posted on May 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Organisers report another record-breaking GABS in 2017, taking the Sydney event to a new location and repositioned demographic. 2017 was the 7th Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), and the go-to event in Australia for celebrating the craft beverage industry shows

LIQUOR AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO LICENSEE SCRUTINY

Posted on August 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The VCGLR – in association with Melbourne Councils and Victoria Police – has released responses to the Q&A by dozens of impacted licensees at the inaugural Licensee Super Forum. The Licensee Super Forum (LSF) took place in May in Melbourne’s

MASTERCHEF BRINGING HELLENIC HEAVEN TO MELBOURNE HOTEL

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Renowned chef and TV personality George Calombaris will soon open Hellenic Hotel, extending his portfolio bringing authentic-but-modern Greek food to the southern capital. The Masterchef host and culinary celebrity first opened his ‘Hellenic Republic’ eatery experience in 2008 with business

MELBOURNE EMBRACES 24-HOUR AS SYDNEY FADES

Posted on January 13th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
While Sydney’s late-night economy devolves as a result of a draconian, prohibitive response to antisocial behaviour, Melbourne is embracing a spread of trading hours with sweeping change. For more than a decade Victorian Police have identified what they call the