Counter Lunches

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 ›

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