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KING WILLIAM – LORD MELBOURE (SOMETIME KNOWN AS MELBOURNE INN) – DERBY ARMS, BROWN STREET/UPPER BROWN

The above ad fro April 1825, LC containing the King William recently erected. Predating the 1830 Beer Act 16th Oct … More

Brown St., Upper Brown

BREWERS ARMS, BRITANNIA STREET

There is a reference to a Brewers Arms in Britannia Street on the 15th of November 1833, when John Hefford … More

Brittania St.

WELCOME TRAVELLER, BRITANNIA STREET

The 1840 directory lists a Welcome Traveller in Britannia Street, no address given. The area off of Belgrave Gate was … More

Britannia Street

SHAKESPEARE, BRAUNSTONE LANE

Circa 1954, saw a row of old cottages converted into the thatched pub known as the Shakespeare by Everards brewery. … More

Braunstone Lane, Everards Brewery, haunted pubs

LOAF – SUGAR LOAF – TRANSYLVANIA – DOG HOUSE BAR, (Crafty Dog bar)64 BRAUNSTONE GATE

Another adaptation of an old Victorian building into a café-bar, this one opened as the Loaf in March 2000 – … More

Braunstone Gate, cafe-bar, gin and rum lounge

LOOKING GLASS – WEST END BREWERY, 66-68 BRAUNSTONE GATE

The Looking Glass, aptly named, opened in 2001 in an old mirror shop.  It retained the old shop front, blending … More

Braunstone Gate

LUNABLU – SUMO, 54 BRAUNSTONE GATE

Situated in and at the rear of an old factory block, the Lunablu opened in March 2000, on three levels … More

Braunstone Gate, cafe bars

ICE BAR – MINE – ZEUS – BUNGALOW BAR – EFES MANGUL, 28 BRAUNSTONE GATE

Ice Bar opened in the summer of 2001, next door to Left Bank. Such is the fickleness of fashion that … More

Braunstone Gate, cafe bars

LEFT BANK – THE CORK, 26 BRAUNSTONE GATE

The first in a crop of new bars to open in the Braunstone Gate area – the Left Bank opened … More

Braunstone Gate, cafe bars

CARAMBA – O BAR – TWISTED SPOON – LAUNDRY BAR – METAL MONOCLE, 59-61 BRAUNTSTONE GATE

Caramba, a cafe-bar and restaurant opened circa January 1999. In the late 1990s Braunstone Gate became a more fashionable area, … More

Braunstone Gate

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