1977 was Du Canns Wine Bar, In the late 1980s, Bob Wilkinson took over the now Farringdon Wine Bar in … More
Category: Existing Pubs
MCADAM WINES – JETTY WINE SHOP – PAGES WINE LODGE – YATES WINE LODGE – THE JETTY – CORK & BOTTLE – CORKERS – MARKET TAVERN – CHURCHILLS – MARKET TAVERN – ALFIES – MARKET TAVERN, MARKET PLACE
As teenage lads we would call in Pages, which seemed to us catered for the ‘older’ generation – one of … More
45 GIN SCHOOL, INSIDE No 9 MARKET PLACE
Lean to make your own gin: sit on long bench go through the process via a talk by one of … More
CHAMPION – FLAMINGO BAR & GRILL, 185 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD
Photo above: Champion on right c 1900. Ornate portico belies the age of the Champion as it is recorded in … More
RED COW – STAR & BALL – CROWN & THISTLE – ROSE & THISTLE – FOURPENCE & FIRKIN – O’NEIL’S, LOSEBY LANE
There is a tenuous record of a pub on the site in 1580, but the first definite recorded in Leicester … More
LOADED DOG, 144 LONDON ROAD
Photo above: Getting ready for the opening, May 1997. Opened in 1997 by Bass under it’s a ‘scream’ banner, targeting … More
OLD HORSE, 198 LONDON ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1900, The Old Horse. Everards traded the pub from circa 1894. Oldest record yet found is … More
TIME BAR – PARCEL YARD, 48 LONDON ROAD
. Standing next door to the train station in 1996 Steamin Billy’s Liz Lount spotted an opportunity for a bar. … More
THE HIND, 49 LONDON ROAD
In 1839, an advert declared ‘TO PIGEON SHOOTERS- Double barrelled shot, apply William Smith The Hind Inn London Road.’ JR … More
THE MINT – LANSDOWNE, LONDON ROAD
The Mint opened in February 2002. By late 2004, ownership changed to become The Lansdowne, a stylish bar which serves … More