BAR AND GRILL – BLUES BAR AND GRILL – MERV’S BAR, HOLIDAY INN, FOX & SOAR, FILBERT WAY/ COMMERCIAL SQUARE/RAW DYKES RD

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Bar & Grill at Filbert Way
Bar & Grill in Holiday Inn
Football crowd in bar.

Bar and Grill in the Holiday Inn was located near the King Power Stadium. It was very busy on match days.

By 2016, the premises were leased by Holiday Inn owners and called Blues Bar and Grill.

Packs ‘em in for City and Tigers home games.  The place was famous for its ribs.
Sports bar.
Interiors of the bar and grill in Holiday Inn
Exterior of bar and grill
Facade of Holiday Inn, bar and grill

Closed suddenly on 20 March after City v Brentford.  Owners, Holiday Inn, served section 28 revoking the licence, as they needed the premises for themselves. It was reverted to a Hotel bar.

Reopened as MERV’S Bar at the start of 22-23 season.

Merv’s Bar, based on American cafe-bar style.

Finally settled on a more aptly name FOX & SOAR later that season

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