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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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The Clarence Hotel, Petersham, goes gay May 30.

Despite rumours they were about to pull up stumps and head north (Cairns to be exact), Manacle has found a new home – in Sydney.

Stuart Fraser and Andrew Clarke announced this week the purchase of the Clarence Hotel in Petersham, which will reopen as a gay owned and operated hotel on Friday, May 30.

The Clarence has a 24-hour hotel license and a capacity of around 350, incorporating OUTbar, a bottle shop, Wall St (for those of you interested in finance), a bistro, and cool 1930’s fittings upstairs.

According to Fraser and Clarke, guests can expect the “same iconic artwork, chain web, the cage, and even some of the staff and DJs”.

The Clarence has the same capacity as the former venue at Taylor Square, but “it’s all in one room”.

Go to www.manacle.com.au for details.

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written by Scott , 24 May, 2008

It's good we not losing yet another venue. Oxford Street has definitely lost something since the sale and death of The Albury hotel as a gay venue. The gay pubs at Flinders Laneway soon followed.

This led to the end of Flinders Laneway Recovery. (Though current owners of Flinders Hotel putting up brave fight.)

With the rising prices of everything, venue owners need to realise they've not got a captive market no more - so some consideration as to how much you charge on drinks please.

The upcoming costs of music charges in dance clubs is not an excuse to raise prices; that is what your cover charges are for. Pubs should maybe think about it if they want to be pubs or dance clubs.

Then maybe, just maybe, we will see more venues that are gay and more customers as well.


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written by Leslie Macedo , 16 May, 2008

Fantastic! ...and just down the road for me! Oh boy, cannot wait!

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written by Micheal , 16 May, 2008

This is a great move - there are SO many gay guys living in the area, it should do really well. I don't care if it's single sex or not, it will just be good to have a gay venue in Petersham.

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written by John Macdonald , 15 May, 2008

I hope it becomes a single sex venue, like it used to be. There is no choice within the gay community and we need CHOICE.

Melbourne has The Laird and The Peel, but we have nothing. Time to have our own space. Let's hope it happens, otherwise I won't be going. I refuse to share my gay social life with mainstream any more.

John



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