The Surveyor General Inn – Australia's Oldest Continuously Licensed Inn.
When and where were Australia's first pubs? The first legal pubs were established in 1796 in Sydney and Parramatta. However, illicit places to drink booze, known as “sly-grogs”, were established as soon as boats hit Australian shores in 1788.
Sean's Bar, which dates back to the Middle Ages! Also listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the historicity of the building that houses it, Sean's Bar has been recognised as the oldest bar in the world. It is located in Athlon, a small town on the banks of the Shannon River, in the centre of Ireland.
ELEVATE Sydney 2023 kicks off on January 3, featuring Australia's longest bar, stretching 127 metres along the Cahill Expressway.
It's Australia's smallest bar! Roadhouse at Lynd Junction, North Queensland.
Australia's smallest cocktail bar – Tiny Tails – is popping up in Melbourne and Sydney in the coming weeks.
Sean's Bar has been researched thoroughly by the Guinness Book of Records and proudly holds the record for "The Oldest Pub in Ireland" with an official dating of 900AD. Research is ongoing into the title of "The Oldest Pub in the World"; so far, nothing older has been found.
The Albatross Bar on the tiny island of Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean, is the world's remotest pub.
The nation's oldest bar, Rhode Island's White Horse Tavern, opened in 1673. Some of these establishments are in America's oldest towns. Here are 102 American towns founded before the American Revolution.
Located near the rugged Flinders Ranges, Prairie Hotel is one of Australia's most iconic pubs.
But now Parachilna in far north South Australia is home to the state's most remote brewery. The Prairie Hotel is attracting a new crowd.
“Ballarat has a renowned history as being a pub town – in 1870 boasting over 500 pubs in the district as a result of the Gold Rush. “It is also well known for the brew “Ballarat Bertie” which unfortunately is only made now in special batches.
ALH Group is Australia's leading pub operator. Endeavour is Australia's leading liquor retailer. Its operations include Dan Murphy's and BWS.
Six o'clock closing was introduced during the First World War, partly as an attempt to improve public morality and partly as a war austerity measure. Before this reform, most hotels and public houses in Australia had closed at 11 or 11:30 pm.
Accommodation was another vital facet of Australian pub operation, and indeed it is the origin of the pub's "proper" business title, often required by licensing requirements – Australian pubs are usually registered for business under the formal name "hotel", and the more upmarket pubs often reversed this, placing the ...
Backdoor 43 claims to be the smallest bar in the world. True to its word, this place only has room for four guests. Yet jammed into this small bar is a plethora of personality, whisky bottles and vintage curiosities.
Come and drink a beer in the Lowest Bar in the World! The bar overlooks the Dead Sea and serves authentic beach food: hummus, falafel, pizzas, salads, burgers on the grill and more. And all with local flavors.
The Czech Republic is one of the highest beer consuming nations in the world, so perhaps it's no surprise that Prague comes out on top as having the most drinking establishments per person, with 47.97 per 100,000 people.
The BAR is a gas-operated rifle invented by John M. Browning (1855–1926), an American gun designer.
These American establishments were called public houses and taverns. As time progressed, a drinking establishment could also be known as a saloon, speakeasy, blind pig, watering hole, pub, and even inn.
The term derives from the metal or wooden bar (barrier) that is often located along the length of the "bar". Over many years, heights of bars were lowered, and high stools added, and the brass bar remains today. Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons.
Bar 83 soars high above the city CBD, 83 floors above street level, in the iconic Sydney Tower. A striking décor, with subtle hints of retro nostalgia and spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows, affords sky-high revellers a 260-degree view of Sydney's glittering cityscape.
The Cherry Ripe Bar is Australia's oldest chocolate bar, first devised way back in 1924 Australian company MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works.
A dive bar is typically a small, unglamorous, eclectic, old-style drinking establishment with inexpensive drinks; it may feature dim lighting, shabby or dated decor, neon beer signs, packaged beer sales, cash-only service, and local clientele.