This hotel, between St Kilda
Road and
Barkly Street, opened on
Saturday 4 Apri1 1868. Its first licensee was John Hayes. The Newmarket still operates
as a hotel. Until the closure of the Council Depot, opposite, in the early
1990s, it was a popular spot for its employees.
There has been a Hungarian presence in the hotel for
many years.In the early 1980s, its
proprietor was Hungarian and created a Hungarian menu that exists today despite
attempts over the years to alter the style of the hotel.Boasting Hungarian cuisine, and featuring
topless waitresses, Thursday night at the Newmarket Hotel is known colloquially
as ‘Schnitz‘n’Tits’ night. In recent years, episodes
of the television series Stingers and
Halifax FP have been filmed at the
hotel.Due to the redevelopment of the
area, which involves the mass construction of high-rise residential apartments,
it is unlikely that the Newmarket Hotel will exist for much longer.
