FAGIN’S – CASONOVA’S – ISLA TEQUILA – DV8 – ONYX – COURTYARD BAR & VENUE, 69 CHURCH GATE

Opened as bar for the younger clientele, circa 1990 as Fagin’s.  Closed in 1994.

This is the upstairs bar in the old Fagin’s Granary Mews.

After Fagin’s it was known as Casanova’s, by 1999, as Isla Tequila, by 2002, DV8.  Circa 2006 saw another name change, to Onyx.

The entrance to the bar showing Isla Tequila with the previous Casanova’s sign above.
DV8, 2002. to Onyx, pictured in 2007.

Reopened as Courtyard Bar & Venue.

3 Comments

  1. I am the owner of DV8 and ONYX closed july 2022 due to Covid. I still own the building and now it’s called Courtyard bar venue.

Leave a Reply to pubprojectleicesterCancel reply