Prolific hospitality figure and chef Guy Grossi has sold the Brandon Hotel at 237 Station St, Carlton North.
Celebrated Melbourne chef and hospitality guru Guy Grossi has offloaded a Carlton North pub listed with a $2m-plus range.
Grossi put the historic Brandon Hotel on the market in January, after announcing the sale of his flagship Bourke St restaurant Grossi Florentino (now Florentino) and other venues in October 2025.
Grossi, also a cookbook author, has appeared on television shows such as My Kitchen Rules and Iron Chef Australia.
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Records show a company directed by Grossi purchased the Brandon Hotel in 2022.
The current publicans took over the lease last year and the watering hole was sold with a five-year tenancy agreement, with options to extend, in place.
The Station St pub features outdoor footpath seating, a ground floor food and beverage operation and accommodation upstairs.
Although the sales price has not been disclosed, the Brandon was put on the market with a $2m-$2.5m range.
The hotel was known as the London, Our Boys and Flying Squadron before it became “the Brandon” in 1897.
Guy Grossi has sold his famous Melbourne Italian fine-dining restaurant Grossi Florentino (now Florentino) along with other venues The Grill, The Cellar Bar, Ombra Salumi and Arlechin in 2025. Picture: Jason Edwards.
According to the Collingwood Historical Society’s web page, the pub had several different names before it became “the Brandon” in 1897.
Hotel brokerage firm HTL Property’s Victorian director, Scott Callow, described the venue located near the corner of Lee St as one of Carlton’s favourite hotels.
He said potential buyers from both overseas and interstate had inquired about the Brandon in addition to locals who had fond memories of the pub from their university days.
The hotel sits on a 353sq m land parcel, on the corner of Station and Lee streets.
The pub’s outdoor dining area.
“When you can buy a very popular local pub situated on a substantial corner landholding, generating rental income with growth and the tenant paying outgoings for the price of a quality home in the area, it became a simple proposition for switched on buyers,” Mr Callow added.
“Hence the concept of investing in a pub asset that separately offered a healthy dose of nostalgia, was a powerful lever that ultimately appealed to many interested parties.”
According to PropTrack, Carlton North has a $1.7m median house price.
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