News & Discussion : New Restaurants, Bars & Night Clubs

[The Scooter Guy]

Burger Boss on Hindley St (the second one in the state) will be open in the next few weeks.

[PeFe]

The Propaganda Club has bitten the dust.
From The Advertiser

The Propaganda Club has closed its doors and called in liquidators just over a year since a grand launch

BILLED as “Adelaide’s only supper club”, CBD nightspot The Propaganda Club has fallen into the hands of liquidators and will be wound up just over a year since opening its doors.

Opened by former Zhivago nightclub owners Petar and Wendy Belosevic in June 2016, the basement venue in Regent Arcade is described on its website as an “elegant restaurant, lounge and cocktail bar that embraces a New York inspired charm”.

The Propaganda Club’s opening in 2016 followed 18 months of building work on the dilapidated former Player’s Bar venue.





Ms Belosevic said the decision to place the company into liquidation had been particularly difficult given the level of investment and hard work that had been injected into the project.

“Unfortunately, the business has not been able to generate the level of turnover and ongoing support from clientele required for it to succeed,” she said.

The Begovics transformed the Grenfell St basement into a lavish venue with plush booths, chandeliers and high, decorated ceilings.

Inspiration for the new decor came from a trip to New York and the classic style of the Regent and Adelaide arcades. Chandeliers were sourced from Melbourne and an old church demolished to make way for the South Rd expansion.

Full article : http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/ ... a68bba2731

[The Scooter Guy]

The Propaganda Club has bitten the dust.
From The Advertiser

The Propaganda Club has closed its doors and called in liquidators just over a year since a grand launch

BILLED as “Adelaide’s only supper club”, CBD nightspot The Propaganda Club has fallen into the hands of liquidators and will be wound up just over a year since opening its doors.

Opened by former Zhivago nightclub owners Petar and Wendy Belosevic in June 2016, the basement venue in Regent Arcade is described on its website as an “elegant restaurant, lounge and cocktail bar that embraces a New York inspired charm”.

The Propaganda Club’s opening in 2016 followed 18 months of building work on the dilapidated former Player’s Bar venue.





Ms Belosevic said the decision to place the company into liquidation had been particularly difficult given the level of investment and hard work that had been injected into the project.

“Unfortunately, the business has not been able to generate the level of turnover and ongoing support from clientele required for it to succeed,” she said.

The Begovics transformed the Grenfell St basement into a lavish venue with plush booths, chandeliers and high, decorated ceilings.

Inspiration for the new decor came from a trip to New York and the classic style of the Regent and Adelaide arcades. Chandeliers were sourced from Melbourne and an old church demolished to make way for the South Rd expansion.

Full article : http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/ ... a68bba2731

What a needless waste! If Cotton On next door had closed, then could this mean Regent Arcade might be in perilous danger?

[Norman]

Downtown Nightclub is getting a massive makeover, and work is already underway

[monotonehell]

It would be nice if they restored the almost heritage sign. The previous tenants destroyed it.

[Briggzy_03]

Downtown Nightclub is getting a massive makeover, and work is already underway

I don't know if the article has been on here posted before... but it is the owner of the Wool Shed who is behind this project.

Adelaide’s renowned Downtown to be revived as a major nightclub, entertainment venue

Paul Starick, Chief Reporter, The Advertiser
January 6, 2018 9:26am



A BORDERTOWN farmer turned major Hindley St hotelier is creating Adelaide’s largest nightclub and entertainment complex at the renowned former Downtown amusement arcade.

Woolshed and Black Bull hotel leaseholder John Meek wants to spend $3 million to create a five-level complex with capacity for up to 3000 people, called Downtown.

It will include a rooftop bar, street-level oyster wine bar, function rooms and two stage areas with capacity for 500 and 1500 people respectively.



Pinball machines at the Downtown Fun and Leisure Centre, 1979.

Opened in 1913 as the Wondergraph Theatre, the now-vacant complex was famed in the 1980s as the site of Downtown, which featured roller skating, dodgem cars and a games arcade. A Hungry Jack’s restaurant was also on the ground floor.



Exterior of the "Downtown" leisure centre building in Hindley Street, 1981.

Mr Meek, who also runs cattle and sheep on 1500ha farms, has operated nightclubs in the ground floor area but now has taken a 20-year lease over the entire complex.

Adelaide City Council has given development approval for the internal renovation but neighbouring property owners are objecting as part of a liquor licensing process, arguing Downtown’s capacity for 3000 people and 5am closing will create footpath congestion and safety risks.

Mr Meek, who took over the Woolshed in 2001, said he did not anticipate major queues but had some space inside for between 100 and 200 people to wait.

“Hindley St was and has been for some years the entertainment area. They didn’t operate one day a week 100 years ago (when the theatre had 1800 seats),” he said.

The complex, the first stage of which Mr Meek hopes to open in March, will include a ground floor restaurant/coffee shop in an oyster bar theme.

Three floors above are intended for daytime use as corporate function and restaurant facilities, becoming nightclub areas after 9pm.

Econ Property Group director James Economos, whose firm owns the neighbouring Adelaide Paringa Motel and Miller Apartments, said there seemed to be no consideration about how an already overcrowded Hindley St would cope with 3000 people arriving and exiting from one entry point.

“The Adelaide West End precinct and laneways are rapidly changing for the better but, unfortunately, Hindley St’s transformation is being hindered by the rapid development of more mega nightclub venues, without proper consideration to the inevitable impact on public safety in the area,” he said.

Adelaide City Council’s community acting director Vanessa Godden said the administration also had been concerned about queueing’s potential effect.

“The applicant’s business plan confirms that they intend to get patrons into the venue quickly rather than have queues,” she said.

Adelaide West End Association president Andrew Wallace welcomed businesses opening on Hindley St and said lessons learned from HQ nightclub’s opening in November included having daytime ground floor space and ensuring queues did not affect footpath traffic.

A 22-year-old man died last month after a brawl between more than a dozen people broke out on the popular party street, near the intersection of Morphett St.

[rev]

That's quite a large led 'wall' there..

[Norman]

That's quite a large led 'wall' there..

Yep, it used to be in the foyer area of the building advertising the venue.

[The Scooter Guy]

The former PJ O'Briens on West Tce is becoming B'Churrasco; a Brazilian style steakhouse.
It'll be the second one in Australia (the first opened in Melbourne not long ago)

In addition, The Office On Pirie states 'Temporarily Closed', presumably due to either landlord in possession, liquor licensing issues or changes to regulations.

[ChillyPhilly]

The former PJ O'Briens on West Tce is becoming B'Churrasco; a Brazilian style steakhouse.
It'll be the second one in Australia (the first opened in Melbourne not long ago)

In addition, The Office On Pirie states 'Temporarily Closed', presumably due to either landlord in possession, liquor licensing issues or changes to regulations.

You mean on East Terrace

South Australia's QuizzaMe State Manager wrote on Facebook that The Office is closed for good.

[Norman]

Went to The Hindley/HQ for a Fringe show recently, the interior is actually quite nice. Here are some photos:

[how good is he]

I think the brick walls & columns in the last photo are the original walls/columns from the old (prob. Circa 1880-1910) building that was there previously.

[Llessur2002]

The Dog and Duck is getting a bit of an overhaul (and a verandah) by the looks of it:

[Waewick]

Nothing says reno like a new verandah!

But not a bad idea, its a good location and used to do good meals, hopefully a savvy operator is found.

[Mpol03]

Has it changed owners?
Five to ten years ago when it was renovated, it was one of the most heaving places. Always mad busy.
I find clubs to be so fickle they go in and out of fashion like the seasons.