LAKE CATHIE LEASE ON OFFER
The leasehold interest at the Lake Cathie Tavern has come to market, offering 12 years in the coastal precinct. Built 1999, the Tavern is a large-format single-storey operation providing a central service public bar with TAB, commercial kitchen and bistro,
OSCARS TO BUILD SHELL COVE HOTEL
The Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels has won the deal to construct a new mixed-use hotel at Frasers Property’s multi-billion-dollar Shell Cove development. This week Shellharbour City Council and Frasers announced Oscars had been granted the right to the new as-yet
MURPHY BROTHERS TAKE IMPERIAL SINGLETON
Two years after selling in Maitland, the Murphy brothers are back in the Hunter, buying the freehold going concern of the Imperial Hotel at Singleton from Walker Douglas and Callen Hotels. Walker Douglas Group (WDG) has held title on a
THE OAKS PRESENTS ALALA’S AND TAKEAWAY INNOVATION
Sydney landmark The Oaks has unveiled the final stage in the biggest remake of its history, welcoming Alala’s garden conservatory and an innovative new takeaway offering to the 133-year-old pub. In 1975 David ‘Taffy’ Thomas, son of Alala Thomas, bought
ZAGAME’S HOUSE SPREADING THE WORK OF THE LORD
The state-of-the-art new Zagame’s House is further expanding its transformation, announcing a partnership with Uber Eats to provide delivery on over 100 labels from its in-house wine shop. Launched in May 2019 Zagame’s House is the design-driven result of a
PUB EMPLOYEE CONVICTED TWICE OVER ROBBERY
An employee of a Townsville pub has been convicted, again, for crimes relating to a robbery at the hotel she helped arrange. In December 2015 the Boomerang Hotel in Mackay was held up, with bandits getting away with $41,000. 25-year-old
COLOSIMOS UNVEIL HILLS DESTINATION MULLANE’S
The Colosimo family’s extravagant new build Mullane’s Hotel at Baulkham Hills is now open, offering an epicentre for Italian craftsmanship and consumption. The new multi-level Hotel near Norwest train station features on the ground floor a traditional public bar, VIP
LONG-TIME OWNERS FAREWELL COMMERCIAL CURLEWIS
After more than three decades the Edmonds and Schofields have called time on the partnership running the Commercial Hotel in Curlewis, finding a new owner from Newcastle. In 1987 Gwenda and Kevin Edmonds, and Robert and Margaret Schofield, went into
REDCAPE’S AUSTRALIAN BREWERY TOPS ARTISAN ALES WITH GELATO
Australian Brewery at Rouse Hill has released an artisanal collaboration with dessert doyens Messina to produce the never-seen-before Gelato Ale. The Australian Brewery was built and nurtured by the Colosimo family, until md-2018 when the Hotel and brewery operation was
HUNTER GROUP SCORES KINNY PUB
Central Coast favourite the Kincumber Hotel has sold for circa $15 million, but remains in local hands by way of Hunter Hotel Group. Known locally as ‘Kinny Pub’, the Kincumber Hotel has been an institution in the coastal precinct since