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FREEMASONS ARMS – BRAUNSTONE GATE BREWERY – BRAUNSTONE GATE INN – COMMON ROOM – VERDE – BAR 66 – MANHATTAN LOUNGE – GATE 66 – MOOD BAR, 66 BRAUNSTONE GATE. Secret Garden

Photo above: Circa, 1900, showing LBM signage, the name of the pub is still Braunstone Gate Brewery. 1830,s ran by … More

Braunstone Gate, cafe-bar, night club

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

NATTERJACKS, 52 BRAUNSTONE GATE

Another bar and restaurant opened in 2011 in Braunstone Gate, called Natterjacks.

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

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

BUDDHA BLACK – J&J Bar & NIGHT CLUB – STAGE, 25 BRAUNSTONE GATE

It was briefly opened as Buddha Black c 2013. It was mainly a nightclub. Stage is still as of writing … More

Braunstone Gate, nightclub

BLACK HORSE, BRAUNSTONE GATE/FOXON STREET

Photo above: Peaceful street scene looking from Braunstone Gate up Foxon Street in the 1950s. Address is given recently as … More

Braunstone Gate, Everards, Foxon Street

RUM RUNNER, TALK, BANTER, BOWSTRING, BOXED, 1-3 BRAUNSTONE GATE

The Rum Runner centre picture, behind the “string” bridge, ready for demolition. The Bowstring with centre plaque describing the 400 … More

Braunstone Gate

BARRISTERS – HAKAMOU, BOWLING GREEN STREET

Photo above: Barristers  opened in January 2008.  Not to last a couple of years to become, Hakamou, as of writing, … More

Bowling Green St.

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