Pubs, could they die

how many realise that most NSW country pub licenses disappeared as a direct result of Sydney based owners buying the license so they could transfer the license and instal more pokies in their city establishment.....;)

Anyway, it isn't all doom and gloom for the country pub..or maybe I just live in the drinkers capital of Oz...
Murrurundi has a population of roughly 750 people, yet has three old pubs, two clubs (Bowls and Golf) and a bottle shop attached to the General Store/Supermarket. A lot of the farm labourers I know also have had their drivers licences revoked by Her Majesty.....

Our Pub in Albany Creek, QLD is doing very well. Any night you go there for dinner, you have to book in adavance!!

The place is always packed and hard to find a park. Oddly enough, the Police staion is diagonally across the road :)

We go down there occasionally as it is only a 200m walk from our house :D

What's the saying?, Position, position :D

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Originally Posted by graceysdad

Pubs have changed heaps, I dont go to pubs anymore unless I am going through a country town with a nice old inviting pub like the Royal Mail at Braidwood, theres a pub! or the Commercial in Strathalbyn SA another good old pub, hope they stay around for a few more years yet.

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The Peel Inn at Nundle is a great old country pub too. The current publicans father won the licence in a card game many years ago.

There are few if any real pubs left in Melbourne - its all that trendy crap now, but people still insist on calling them pubs.

There are many other little factors which all combine to be large overhead costs, such as increases in rates for APRA music / song licenses ect which can add up to be big $$$.

Just on a side note - there's still a great run of 'pubs' to play 18 holes of Golf in the City (aim for the hole in one at each hole;))

This Friday nights activity covered :angel:

I think its all to be fair and equitable,
as the only ones that could afford liquor licences were the well heeled or consortiums of interested parties.

Having been to europe a few times, its all fair and equitable, you want a beer at a cafe with your coffee, you buy one, you want to go to a bar to drink you go there, or get a takeaway from the local garage. no problems. You don;t drink and just want a coffee well thats all you buy,
without going into too much controversy about here, but grog is demonised here, only allowed to be sold in the 'correct' places.
I wouldn't use the yanks as an example, i still think you have to be over 21 over there to purchase and go into a bar.


john

IIRC it was $15,000 per year for a liquor license for a cafe or restaurant in NSW :eek: