MUSICIAN ARMS – BERNI INN – CHASERS, 121 Belgrave Gate

Musicians Arms was recorded in directories between 1839-50. Robert Adcock was victualler throughout this period. The Leicestershire Conservative Operatives would meet here monthly February 1839 – March 1849.

C1906 pic (LRO) MusiciansArms would be in second block on right
 just after Garden Street.
Opened as a newly built Berni Inn Steak house in the 1960s.
Yes these were the prices to all of the Bernie Inns in Leicester
Bernie Inn next door to Royal Oak c1968
Another angle (photo Jean Baird, Memories of Leicester)

In the 1980s it became the Chasers, before becoming a Pizza bar.

Building a bit neglected 2024 Bernie sign still visible on left (photo Pete Tuffley Leices Past & Present)

2 Comments

  1. Bernie’s on BelgraveGate was a place where when a young man I took my girl friend for an impressive meal.
    The steaks were brilliantly cooked on a double grill burner, from above and below the steak. To finished the meal we had Irish coffees.
    The meal was top notch.

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