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Junction Hotel closes on Saturday Continued from page 1. “It’s a seven-days-a-week job,” Hazel says. “You hardly ever get a day off, so we’re really looking forward to a break.” Mike, who has been in the hospitality trade for 55 years, formerly ran the popular craft beer establishment The Old Bank at Redwoodtown, before taking over the Junction Hotel in 2017. Work on the $5 million Spring Creek roundabout began shortly after Mike took over the business, and the ongoing road works, which blocked traffic from getting to the hotel, nearly put him out of business. Mike had to lay off staff and watched his takings decline by 75 per cent as the road works went on for nearly a year. However, he struggled through and business eventually built up again. “We’ve got a great bunch of loyal local clients,” Hazel says.
“We’re like the heart of the community. We keep an eye out for each other and if we haven’t seen some folk for a while, we’ll go and check on them. “Mike had a shoulder operation a while ago, and the regulars won’t let him cart the firewood in, they do it for him.” Another person they will miss is Spring Creek local Claudina Odell, who has been the cleaner at the hotel for 30 years. “We took her over as part of the chattels,” Mike jokes. “She’s come in every day except Christmas day and Boxing Day. “And we’ve had a great relationship with the Spring Creek Motels and Spring Creek Holiday Park. They send people to us if they’re full and we do the same. It’s been a real pleasure to work with them.” Mike and Hazel did have longterm plans to develop the site with Hazel, a qualified beauty
The Junction Hotel has been sold to NPD who will demolish it and build a 24/7 fuel stop on the site.
therapist, planning to establish a salon at the rear of the hotel. And in 2017 the Junction Hotel was runner-up in the Society of Beer Advocates National Restaurant awards. Although Mike and Hazel will be
taking a break, they are not planning to retire yet. Mike has already set his sights on his next venture, a cafe/bar in Picton which he plans to have up and running in time for the summer trade.
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