Wine bar, laneway approval from Ballarat council

Ballarat is set to enjoy a “showcase of regional wine and produce” after councillors last night approved two upmarket redevelopments in the city’s CBD. A new wine bar will replace the former Max Roberts Electrical store on Doveton Street North and a three-storey structure will be added to the George Hotel, opening a cosmopolitan Melbourne-style public laneway. Councillors praised the application from Mitchell Harris Wines, saying the styled wine bar and cellar door was in keeping with the CBD and heritage strategies, reports The Ballarat Courier.