KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
You’ve dined in our restaurant, quenched your thirst in one of our bars and maybe even tried your luck on the pokies. Our hotel is a place you know & love, but do you know the story behind it all? It may surprise you, but it’s been a long time coming!
The Fitzgibbons Family is synonymous with the hotel industry. We’ve been pouring beers and sharing a good laugh with patrons for over 80 years.
In fact, we’ve tended bar now for four generations, starting all the way back in 1936 when Lily Kathleen and Michael Alphonsus Fitzgibbons took the historic step of securing their first hotel licence.
It was to become a true family affair when son Brian Snr was born into the trade and he was later followed by sons and grandchildren - all becoming proudly entrenched in the family business.
From Coolangatta to Toowoomba (Queens Hotel, Ruthven Street), Eight Mile Plains to the Hotel Daniell (Brisbane CBD), the family history began to build.
Lily and Michael firmly embedded the family in the hospitality trade and it’s from these early beginnings that the present-day Fitzy’s Toowoomba came to be.
The original hotel was established in the late 1800s as the Caledonian before becoming the Post Office in the ‘30s. A full rebuild was undertaken in 1999 and Dowling’s Fibber Magee soon became ‘the place to be’ in Toowoomba.
Today, thanks to the hard work of John and Maralyn Fitzgibbons, the family tradition continues on through their children Brad and Anita at the now iconic @fitzys_toowoomba
Our nationally awarded hospitality hub continues to provide an outstanding experience for all its guests as it has done for the past 23 years.
The next pages of history are yet to be written, but you can rest assured that there’s every chance you’ll find a Fitzgibbons behind the bar next time you visit. After all, it’s in our blood ๐ป
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