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Hive & Honey, 42 SILVER STREET

Above building in 1995 prior to the old Ask Piza Restuarant below which closed post Covid. Hive & Honey opened … More

Silver St

Bar Tropica, 5 ST MARTINS SQUARE

Ex Juice Lounge. Now opened circa 2026 Cocktail bar.

St Martins

Ivy Lounge, 44-46 CANK STREET

2026 bar mainly for hire, with a basement venue SALLY CINAMAN MUSIC VENUE. For many years the Cank St Gallery … More

Cank St.

PALMARINA, 109 KING RICHARDS ROAD

 Palmarina Tapas, Cocktail & Wine bar opened circa 2018. Photo credit above: Leicester Mercury. Photo credit above: Palmarina Facebook Page. … More

King Richards Road

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

Fosse Park, Restaurant & Bar

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

bars, Granby St, Vegan Bar

REGENCY, 360 LONDON ROAD

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

bars, hotels, London Rd

HOTEL BROOKLYN, WELFORD ROAD

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

Restaurant & Bar, Welford Rd
Facade

PHOENIX THEATRE, UPPER BROWN STREET (OFF NEWARK STREET)

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

Brown St.
Bunk Facade

BUNK, 19 GRANBY STREET

Photo above: Opened in November 2021. First Floor bar, ‘Cocktail and Wings.’  Bunks was the latest branch as well as … More

Granby St

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