The Holiday Inn was built circa 1970. Originally a free house, it was eventually bought by Bass in the 1990s.…
TALBOT – TALBOT INN, ST NICHOLAS SQUARE/TALBOT LANE
(Photo above: circa 1893). Stood on the corner of St Nicholas Square and Talbot Lane. There are two versions of…
CRAZY COYOTE – MAYANGO – LEGENDARY LAB – AUDREY BAR, ST NICHOLAS PLACE
Circa 1990, Mexican themed bar, the Crazy Coyote, opened in the Florence Buildings in St Nicholas Place. Later became Mayango.…
ROCKAFELLAS – JUKEBOX – AU BAR, ST NICHOLAS SQUARE/PLACE
Stood next door to Bar Gaudi, Rockafellas opened circa 2011. By 2015, the Rockafellas’ was business closed and up for sale.…
SECRET JAZZ COMPANY – MOSQUITO COAST – BAR GAUDI, MOSH, ST NICHOLAS PLACE
February 1993, saw the opening of the Mosquito Coast World Music Bar by Andy & John Hussain, in the building…
ST MARGARET’S INN, 1 ST MARGARET’S STREET
Often recorded as North St Margaret’s Inn, as it stood on the North side of the church. St Margaret’s Inn…
IBIS, ST GEORGE’S WAY
The Ibis in St. George’s Way is a modern hotel with a public bar and is still very much open…
BRICKMAKERS ARMS – CAROUSEL FUN PUB, ST GEORGE STREET
Photo above of Brickmakers Arms, circa 1930 (Nick Miller Collection) – around the time it was rebuilt. Earliest known record…
HELSINKI, 94 RUTLAND STREET
Helsinki Bar, opened 1983 (photo above, 1992) in the old Herbert Marshall music shop. Retaining the original shop sign, it…
SPARKS BAR, DIELECTRIC, QUEEN VICTORIA’S ARTS CLUB – ORTON’S BRASSERIE, 41 RUTLAND STREET
This fine old Victorian building (built circa 1897 for the Queen’s Jubilee), once called the Queen’s Chambers, fell into disrepair…