Merivale

BIG DROP IN VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN VENUES HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITY

Posted on November 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Liquor & Gaming’s latest NSW violent venues list has been released, the highly positive results again widening the comparison between it and reality. The twice-annual list details venues that have accumulated 12 or more violent incidents in the prior 12

MERIVALE TAKES ANOTHER HEART OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The march of Merivale continues with another prominent acquisition, the group picking up Halcyon’s Hotel Centennial on Oxford Street, Woollahra. The Centennial is a landmark two-storey pub built in 1888 on a 780sqm block, opposite Centennial Park, making it proximate

MERIVALE MOVES INTO BONDI AT THE ROYAL

Posted on November 10th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After some speculation, Merivale has confirmed its acquisition of the famed Royal Hotel at Bondi. The Royal is a Bondi Road institution, and part of local folklore. It saw the founding meeting of the historic Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving

MERIVALE TAKES ON VIC ON THE PARK

Posted on October 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has furthered its inner-west presence with the $22+ million purchase of APF’s Vic on the Park in Marrickville. John Singleton, Geoff Dixon and Mark Carnegie’s Australian Pub Fund (APF), backer to Riversdale, has been selling down its high-value portfolio,

MERIVALE GONGED AT STAR-STUDDED 2017 BAR AWARDS

Posted on September 25th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Last week saw Australian Bartender Magazine’s celebrated Bar Awards for 2017, with a strong showing from the pub community in the ever-shifting cauldron of cocktails and bar culture. 2017 marked the 17th Bar Awards, held at Pyrmont’s Doltone House with

MERIVALE GRABS COLLAROY ‘PAVILION’: HEMMES

Posted on August 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Justin Hemmes says Merivale has strengthened its northern beaches “destination” portfolio with the $21m purchase of Mitchell Waugh and PHMG’s The Collaroy. Speaking with PubTIC, Hemmes explained how The Collaroy feels like an opportunity he has had before. “I think

MERIVALE UNVEILS EASTERN QUEEN IN INNER WEST

Posted on December 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has today launched the Group’s much-anticipated first venue in Sydney’s west, transforming the Queen Victoria into the quirky and bedecked Queens Hotel. Merivale purchased the pub in April 2015, with Hemmes citing his passion for creating world-class

AUCTIONS SOAR: TENNYSON TO MERIVALE AND FIGTREE TO DENFISH

Posted on December 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Plenty of big names were amongst the crowd that overflowed the auction room of Ray White yesterday for sale of the top-billing Tennyson Hotel and regional stronghold the Figtree Hotel. The auction began with Wollongong’s Figtree, possessing a huge 9,300

PUBS WAKING TO THE ALLURE OF COFFEE CULTURE

Posted on September 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Just as the gastro pub is drawing dining custom from restaurants, plenty of pubs have tapped into the all-day allure of fine coffee and the café atmosphere. The $6 billion annual coffee service industry has been in strong growth for

PADDINGTON BACK INN AND BOASTING MORE HATS

Posted on September 9th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
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. [caption id="attachment_7172" align="alignright" width="196"] Bruce & Anna Solomon. Photos by Fiora