“You guys are so upfront and brash and honest”:Sophia Siegel and her friend Amelia O’Keefe said they loved hanging out with Australians.

‘They didn’t know what a schooner was. We had to explain a meat raffle’

Famously fickle New Yorkers have embraced a new Australian-themed pub backed by comedians Andy Lee and Hamish Blake. But the venue’s popularity has created problems.

  • Michael Koziol

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Despite receiving several loans,Star is in a race against time as it burns through cash.

Star casino gets smashed as gamblers flock to pubs and clubs

New pokies restrictions to prevent money-laundering have hit the casino operator hard as punters opt for cash-friendly alternatives.

  • Colin Kruger
920 Lygon Street,Carlton North. The old Rising Sun hotel and former premises of Enoteca Sileno.

Sun rises on Carlton hotel as Gerald’s Bar takes over

The old Rising Sun Hotel is getting a new tenant 10 months after previous occupant Enoteca Sileno shut.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Three pink elephant stride atop the colourful Windsor Castle Hotel.

Pink elephants on parade as Windsor Castle changes hands

The bright-green Windsor Castle Hotel,famous for its rooftop pink elephants,has a new owner after its operator went bust just before Christmas.

  • Nicole Lindsay
The Sackville Hotel is owned by the Solotel group,which owns other popular pubs in Sydney.

Pub given rap over knuckles for serving NRL journalist 21 schooners

The Sackville Hotel must give its staff more training in responsible service of alcohol after being investigated over a street fight involving Paul Kent.

  • Chris Barrett
The Berry Hotel.

The $10m pub plans causing uproar for being too ‘Sydney-looking’

Multimillion-dollar plans by a Sydney pub group to redevelop the Berry Hotel with a modern accommodation building and underground parking have been rejected by a court.

  • Jessica McSweeney
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Getting the drop on territorial bears

And Petersham locals get cocky.

Locals line up for last drinks at the Commercial Hotel in Rappville.

Last drinks for heritage-listed pub after 113 years

In the Commercial Hotel’s heyday,people would get off the train,have lunch and resume their journey. But without poker machines,it’s hard for the modern country pub to survive.

  • Catherine Naylor
Georgie overlooks the beer garden at the White Cockatoo in Petersham.

The pub renovation,a beloved cockatoo and the search for a new home

When a Sydney pub was sold this month,the plight of its cockatoo-in-residence became the locals’ crusade to find it a new home.

  • Frances Howe
A piece of history:Paddington’s Village Inn.

‘Huge win’ in battle over iconic eastern suburbs pub

A bid to transform a “much-loved” Sydney pub has been knocked back in court.

  • Michaela Whitbourn