Economy
Hobart’s iconic pub Knopwood’s to close its doors
*Pic: Ros Lehman’s (ABC) interior shot of Knoppies … and its daily changing message on the blackboard …
One of Hobart’s most ingrained institutions, Knopwood’s Retreat on Salamanca Place, will close next month, the current business owners have said.
Knopwood’s Retreat licensee and owner Kate Cawthorn said she was not given the option to renew the lease.
The historic building has operated as a pub since it was founded as The Whaler’s Return in the early 1800s by Reverend “Bobby” Knopwood.
It has operated under a number of names and was renamed in 1980 after its founder.
Knopwood’s Retreat licensee Kate Cawthorn told 936 ABC Hobart it was “the end of an era”.
“Our lease has come to term, we weren’t given an option to renew the lease.
“When we went to negotiate a new lease the deal has already been done and so the business is closing its doors for the last time.”
She said it was disappointing to be the at the helm as the pub was closed.