Pubs
Middle Park Hotel’s epic rooftop bar dispute was likened to ‘The Castle’. Finally, there’s a winner
The historic pub is set for a new rooftop redevelopment, with restrictions, after VCAT settled the long-running dispute. Opponents have vowed to keep fighting.
- by Mathew Dunckley
Latest
Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers
The Laundy family is plunging millions into Sydney’s ailing hospitality sector, defying the cost-of-living crisis.
- by Andrew Taylor
Collapse of $61m pub deal casts fresh gloom over Oxford Street
The two pubs were sold last year with grand plans to create an Ivy-style mega-complex on Taylor Square. Those prospects appear to be dashed.
- by Michael Koziol, Carolyn Cummins and Ben Grubb
Pub sales reach $100m as old-time operators flood back in
Pub operators and investors are rolling back into the sector, with close to $100 million in sales completed in the past few weeks.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Dixon calls last drinks at Blues Point pub
After a decade of pulling beers, businessman and former Qantas and Tourism Australia chair Geoff Dixon is calling last drinks as landlord of the 160-year-old Blues Point hotel, on Sydney’s lower north shore.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Light Brigade pub for sale in frothy market
The popular eastern suburbs watering-hole is on the market as its owners focus on its Sydney northern beaches portfolio.
- by Carolyn Cummins
‘Nightmare scenario’: Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay’s $25 million pub
The London pub-restaurant had been temporarily closed while a new lease was finalised, during which a gang of professional squatters got themselves in and won’t leave.
- by Timothy Sigsworth
Billionaire Bruce Gordon offloads pub for $9.5m after 40 years of ownership
Rising pub baron Glenn Piper has snapped up the Scarborough Hotel in the Illawarra, adding it to his growing portfolio.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Perspective
Perspective
We live in the nanniest of nanny states, but is it our own fault?
As Brisbane prepares to invite the world to our city in 2032, perhaps we should be a little more relaxed in our hardline approach to drinking, and treat adults like adults.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘Can’t go on’: Collingwood’s Bendigo Hotel calls last drinks
As insurance premiums soar and punters splash less cash, the home of Melbourne’s heavy metal scene will close by the end of the month.
- by Rachael Dexter and Melissa Cunningham
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