VOLPO LOUNGE, FOSSE PARK

The Volpo Lounge opened sometime in 2022 by the owners of Leicester’s Comfy club. Interesting concept in Leicester’s main out … More

DONALD WATSON’S VEGAN BAR, GRANBY STREET

The word “vegan” was coined by Donald Watson of Leicester’s Vegetarian Society circa 1944 as a contraction of vegetarian. The … More

Out of town en route towards Oadby this post WWII established Hotel was originally two houses built circa 1901, Coleshill on … More

The Lair Restaurant and Bar is part of the Hotel Brooklyn and boasts of having a real Brooklyn menu. The … More

One report so far of Jonathan Wilson, aged fifty-five running the Brickmakers Arms in Colton Street in 1835. Could this … More

The Phoenix Theatre was opened in 1963 and renamed the Phoenix Arts Centre in 1973. It had a bar for … More

A Horse and Panniers was recorded in the 1725 recognizance orders. In 1808, LJ mentions that the Horse and Panniers … More

A couple of references of this beerhouse. It was either at an unknown location in Brunswick Street or it changed … More

In March 1831, Miss Tebbutt, daughter of R. Tebbutt of the Game Cock, married blacksmith P. Sheppard. July 1832: ‘For … More

Blue Boar Lane ran from Highcross Streeet to Holy Bones. A LJ report of May 1834, described Richard Hudson, landlord … More