| Cooper's Arms Hotel, Newtown |
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| Written by Andrew | |
| Thursday, 27 January 2005 | |
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Cooper's Arms Hotel, 221 King St Newtown. Ph 02 9550 3461 The Cooper's use to be called the Shakespeare Hotel and had a great old bust of Shakespeare in the back bar. Now called the Coopers Arms - the publican was (maybe still is) Don Cooper (I guess he likes his name). The Coopers also has a blackened history! The Coopers is a mix of everything good in Newtown (where the Zanzi Bar is everything bad), Here you get a good mix of people and even thou it has been renovated over the past few years it is definately not a sterile place like so many pub reno's go. 
The front bar is always busy and bustling, a mixture of chairs and
tables and a few stools and tall tables and windows that open onto King
St so you can watch and talk to people as they go by. The back bar
(really only separated by a peninsula style bar) is a bit more quiet
and relaxed. Here you will find some more tables and chairs and the
pool table. I use to love the juke box out back but that appears to
have gone with the renovations. There is a large TV and several smaller
TVs but dopn't expect to hear to much, as the noise from the crowd
usually drowns it out.There is a small pokie room but that is tucked to the side and generally if you did not know it was there you would not see it. Thursday nite is happy hour and sausage sizzle (6pm -7pm) and it is full of backpackers. If you are broke it is the time to score a cheap beer (It was $1.50 a schooner last time I was there on a Thursday). The Coopers and Shakespeare have had an unfortunate running with murders over the years. Peter Falconio use to drink there (before being murdered in NT). A friend of Tim Freedman's (from the Whitlams) was murdered just up up the street from the Coopers (10 metres from the back door). And back in the 70's and 80's we will just say that it was not the friendliest of places to go. Another 'tit bit' of info is that the publisher for the Australian Music Industry Directory, Phil Tripp complained about music. The reason was that the old owner apparently never kept to curfew,never did any soundproofing as required and was generally not obeying their entertainment liscence. Upstairs there is accomodation (dorm and rooms) and it is an early opener and by 7.30am there is approx 10 people usually in there. The hotel was built in 1869. Beer Serving:
Update Later Tonite Seating Arrangement: Table and chairs, tall tables and stools and seating at the bar and windows. Food/Type: Small bistro next to the bar doing Wedges and nachos and the like Pool Tables: One table. Poker Machines: To the side approx 15. JukeBox and Selection: Use to be one of the best now I cannot find it. Decor: Has been renovated but keeps a lived in feel and colourful. Crowd: A bit of everyone. Operating Hours: An early opener at 7.00am but shut relatively early eg 12midnite (I think) Live Music: Sometimes. TAB: No Other Entertainment: Foxtel, Trivia Tuesday, Happy Hour Thursday Surrounding Suburbs: Enmore, Erskinville, Camperdown. Only registered users can write comments. Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
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