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Out in Canberra are doing an omnibus burger deal with Canberra’s rugby bars.
And there we have the new bar in O’Connor being built in the body of All Bar Nun.
It’s going to be called “Duxton” which sounds a bit like a stableboy, but time will tell.
They have this to say about it:
Duxton
Canberra’s latest local pub launching in O’Connor this February. Buy your ticket and be one of the first to sample this new establishment.
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“Buy your ticket”?
Seriously, those guys have high hopes for the popularity of their business…
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Buy a ticket to buy a drink in a bar?
I suppose you have to give them credit for sheer arse.
First a hotel named after a handbag, now a bar named after a hotel chain. Nothing new under the sun, I suppose.
Looks like instead of the duck’s nuts they think they’ll be the squirrel’s nuts.
harvyk1 said :
Deref said :
Did you read the link? The ticket is a ticket to the Brumbies Vs Force game that includes a burger beforehand in the deal.
“It’s going to be called “Duxton” which sounds a bit like a stableboy, but time will tell”
I’m thinking brand of toilet. “Royal Duxton”. Not auspicious.
I did like the old skool Vietnam Restaurant sign reemerging on the corner for a day or two last week.
aidan said :
Could be a nod to Todd Carney’s exploits on the premises!
Gourmet burgers are so passé.
johnboy said :
Nodding to Todd Carney in a toilet is explicitly NOT recommended.
Holden Caulfield said :
Now I know what it feels like to be an old fart reminiscing.
O’Connor Vietnamese .. good times.
harvyk1 said :
You see I thought this as well, then I clicked on the link, to investigate further, the $20 actually gets you a ticket to the Brumbies first home game and a Gourmet Burger at one of the following;
Queanbeyan – Walsh’s Hotel
Gungahlin – Siren Bar & Restaurant
Griffith – Gryphons Restaurant & Bar
Braddon – Debacle
Belconnen – Ha Ha Bar
O’Connor – Duxton
So there you go, no point having a go at the business if you can’t be bothered reading what the ticket is for if you ask me.
If it’s launching in February it doesn’t give them much time for a re-fit. So much for any hopes for an improvement on the All Bar layout/atmosphere.
the coat of paint on the outside of the building is definitely an improvement though.
nsn said :
Just in time to take account of my cultural concerns, though. I demand a screened off drinking area for people earning more than six figures, and which does not serve VB, because it is against my cultural beliefs to associate with bogans (even the cashed up kind).
And since the fitout is at the design stage, the marginal cost of incorporating my requirement will be fairly small and my demands are therefore totally justified.
aidan said :
You can still go to Griffith Vietnamese if you want to remember the food.
johnboy said :
You’re really hanging out for this to open, aren’t you? Have you been sniffing the paint?
It’ll be remodeled, serve expensive grog to hipsters, and despite people saying how great the last place was, will remain busy.
devils_advocate said :
sorry this aint a Government pub
Duxton?
Sounds like Ducks Bum to me!
Try hard aspirational fashion victim name and trendy aubergine paint job. I fear the worst yet hope for the best.
bryansworld said :
Well if it is run like the other club they own, women can come straight in, men line up there, your from Queanbeyan, so we’ll see you later, bye bye.
Good business sense.
buzz819 said :
So it’s going to be roooool claaaaaaasssy, like their other business ventures!
Duxton? Isn’t that a Hotel chain or a franchise of a sort?
Holden Caulfield said :
Thanks for the tip, but even if it was still there I probably wouldn’t go. At the time it was the perfect place, as I lived and worked nearby and it was cheap and cheerful. Perhaps overly cheerful.
Like I said, old man reminiscence.
A good deal by the looks of it.
Anyone know if the Duxton is any chance of being open Friday for the Brumbies match against the Force?
they appear to be racing hard to get there!
Omnibus, omnibus. I first read it as Ominous Burger Deal and was intrigued. Ominous would describe most of the hamburgers sold in Canberra, sadly. The one at Walshes in Quangers should be safe though, 2620ers won’t tolerate a crappy hamburger.