Old meets new at the Builders Arms Hotel on Gertrude Street.

Builders Arms Hotel

This corner pub opened in 1853 and has spun through a dizzying variety of incarnations.

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Many pints have flowed at this corner hotel since it was built in 1853. Its latest incarnation is ...

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There might be steak,pie and a roast on the menu,but the hotel's part-owned by Andrew McConnell,...