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…
THE EXCHANGE, 50 RUTLAND STREET
Cassie Davison, late of the Entropy, on Hinckley Road, transformed this beautiful Victorian designed building, turning it into a multi…
MANHATTAN, MANHATAN 34, REAL ALE CLASSROOM, 34-38 RUTLAND STREET
Opened by Chris Baker, ex-Time Bar manager, in what is now termed ‘the cultural quarter,’ close to the Curve theatre…
WOODMANS ARMS, 18 RUTLAND STREET
Thomas Porter was a victualler of the Woodmans Arms in an 1818 directory. John Deacon was there by 1827. William…
SIR THOMAS WHITE, RUSSELL STREET
See centre, Sir Thomas White Russell St off Russell Sq, with entry right through to Chester St, the pub most…
EARL RUSSELL, 80 RUSSEL STREET
Photo above: Earl Russell (kind permission of Laura Evans – the original was taken by Laura’s grandpa, Tom Bassett). One…
FREE TRADE – RUSSEL SQUARE
The exact whereabouts of this beerhouse is not certain. These are the only four reports of a Free Trade beerhouse,…