REVIVAL OF AN OLD CUSTOM
Counter Lunches
Counter punch
IT could only happen in Melbourne. The Victorian branch of the ULVA has ordered its members not to serve counter lunches*. More than 50 city and suburban publicans openly flouted the ban today, ordering large stocks of sandwiches. Stated opinion… Read More ›
Barefooted boy with light fingers takes off with drinkers’ pies at a Sydney pub
A FREE counter lunch was being served at a well-known pub in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, where “thirsty men leaned comfortably over glasses of foaming lager”, reported the Sun newspaper on November 19 1929, when they were disturbed by a barefooted boy…. Read More ›
The Liverpool Arms was a fine example of the evolution of Sydney’s pubs
By MICK ROBERTS © AT the harbour end of the Pitt Street Mall, in the heart of Sydney’s busiest shopping precinct, stands a five storey reminder of how the city’s colonial pubs developed. There’s no better example of the evolution… Read More ›