FITZY'S TOOWOOMBA
Today our venue is known as Fitzy’s Toowoomba; home to Tapestry, Fitzy's Gaming and Fitzy’s on Church. As an iconic hotel on the Darling Downs, we bring you the very best of lunch, dinner, drinks, functions & more, seven days a week.
Our family-owned pub has a long and rich history in Toowoomba with changes to the décor and layout ensuring an ever-contemporary place for Toowoomba to socialise, dine and enjoy live entertainment.
You may recall the sub-floor cellar display fronting Margaret Street, or the nightclub upstairs. You may even remember a time when the old carpark made way to Fitzy’s on Church…
Some things stay the same, however we remain the best place in town to meet with friends, enjoy a meal and relax with a drink while enjoying the good life.
THE FITZGIBBONS FAMILY
The Fitzgibbons Family is synonymous with the hotel industry. They’ve been pouring beers and sharing a good laugh with patrons for 80 years.
In fact, they’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 Daniel (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, and their grandchildren.
This nationally awarded restaurant continues to provide an outstanding culinary experience.
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. It’s in their blood.
