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PUB NEWS
Pub News here is downloaded from London
Drinker’s Whatpub currently 41 into the
information I have been given. Twice yearly
these are merged into the Updates file and
nearly all the updates since 1992 appear
here. New establishments not selling real ale
will not find their way into their way here.
For a list of all establishments see the one
All our pubs on a Whatpub map. See also
map right. A list of lost pubs from 1991 to
February 2015. WHATPUB Find your pub
NEWS FOR DECEMBER
Closure
EC3A 5BU Adriatico - Closed due to pandemic.
EC2V 5HA Davy's Wine bar -closed lease expired
E4 6EL Dovecote - has re-opened under new
manager. E13 0AJ Victoria Tavern - lease expired
May 2020. Not renewed. Awaiting demolition as
site is to convert to housing.
NEWS FOR NOVEMBER
E4 Kings Ford is up for sale or rent. E7 9BB Forest
Tavern, 173 Forest Lane E8 3DF Farrs School of
Dancing, 17-19 Dalston Lane. The two pubs will
be operated by Portabello brewery when they re-
open. One of Antic's financial backers has forced
the change. E14 0NU Tommy Flowers Pub, 50
Aberfeldy St. Opened in May 2018. Community
owned pub. Opens 5-11 Thurs-Sat & 3-7pm Sun.
Keg beer.
NEWS FOR OCTOBER
E1 Mechanic Brewery and taproom - will close on
Nov 3rd. Olga hopes to re-open at new premises
in the new year. EC4M 7AU Union Bar & Grill
Ludgate, 35 Old Bailey - has been permanently
closed. E1 4DU Horn Of Plenty, 'Closed until
further notice.' E4 6AN Mo-Bo's, Being converted
into a Japanese restaurant. E1 8AH Duke Of
Somerset, Open but no cask currently available.
EC1Y 1AG Singer Tavern, Visit 2.10.20
handpumps all out of use, keg beer only. Also not
accepting cash payments.
NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER
E8 2EB Brewers Bar. The website says that this
place is closed until further notice. EC4M Four
Sisters Townhouse - went out of business late
2019 for financial reasons.
E1 Dean Swift - currently a building site. Planning
permission refused March 2020 to demolish
building and redevelop site retaining pub.
E15 Britannia - Closed November 2019 due to
structural reasons. Planning permission refused
July 2020 to demolish the building and redevelop
site. retaining pub. Lease expired December
2019.
Acorn 149 Queensbridge Rd, E2 8PB - In 2018
planning permission was granted to demolish the
current pub and redevelop the site retaining a pub
in the development. E1 6PG, Momento Lounge
Bar, This now appears to be a bar now called The
Edge. E17 4QH, Victoria. Now appears closed as
part of the re-furbishment of the theatre.
Sign outside says "Goodbye and thanks for all the
fish". EC1N 8SQ, Bleeding Heart Tavern has no
real ale. E11 3NW Rookwood Village, 314 Cann
Hall Road - 4 cask ales -Doombar + 3 guests.
Food is burgers/pizzas. Based on ground floor of
previous Lord Rookwood. Reopened by Urban
Village pubs following extensive refurbishment.
E15 4PH, Loading Bar-Secret Weapon renamed
Escape originally Princess of Wales. Conflicting
information as to real ale. Given its title probably
not. E3 3PJ, Widows Son has a handwritten sign
in window saying closed for foreseeable future.
EC1M 6HR, Simmons Farringdon still closed and
boarded up on 13 September. Incidentally, the
pub, which was rebuilt in its current form in 1871,
was until 1952 known as the Red Cow and this
may explain the cow head motifs to each end of
the fascia. E16 2JB, Henley Arms found shuttered
18th August, not sure if it was a temporary thing.
NEWS FOR AUGUST
E4 Stag & Lantern is now fully open [Hours Wed-
Fri 4-9pm, Sat 1-9pm, Sun 2-6pm] but with a
limited number of tables. E4 Dovecote. Licence
surrendered, pub boarded up - future uncertain.
E14 E14 Prince Alfred, 86 Locksley St - pub
closed in 2011 - planning permission granted in
June 2019 to convert ground floor to flats.
EC4 3QH Northbank Bar & Restaurant - not
reopening. E11 2RL Manor House, 129 High
Street, is now The Bull.
Whatpub news: E14 3BW Watermans (under new
management) on the Isle of Dogs is now serving
real ale - Black Sheep - on hand pull.. Great new
menu and Sunday roasts. A string of pubs have
been reported a no longer selling real ale but it is
not know if this is due to Covid. E9 5LN Beer
Merchants. Tap. No real ale on a visit a week ago.
E3 5HD Green Goose. No real ale. E9 5EN Crate
Brewery & Pizzeria. No real ale on a visit a week
ago.
NEWS FOR JULY
EC2A Rust & Rose - now a Korean restaurant
EC2A Eighty Four. - Closed and building
demolished for site re-development. E4 County
Arms postcode should read E49PB. I think that
has been incorrect since I entered the data in
1985/86. Wouldn't have mattered before mobile
phones. All the pubs were plotted on maps so any
incorrect postcodes would not have been noticed.
In those days postcodes would not have assisted
you to find the pub. Three Sods brewery have
opened their taproom at 339 Mentmore Terrace,
E8 3PH. Open weekends - not sure of hours. 3
Cask Ales. E1 - Urban Bar - has reverted to it's
previous name London Hospital Tavern. E2 - Old
Shoreditch Station - Closed 2018. E14 - Davy's
Wine Bar - Closed - Lease expired. E20 - Bumpkin
- Closed. EC2A - Green Vic - Closed - looking for
new premises. EC3R - Roma - Now a sushi bar.
E14 Great Eastern - has had major refurbishment
and will re-open as Waterman Arms, it's previous
name. Pub and boutique hotel E16 Beckton Arms-
reported has closed.
E8 The Five Points Brewery have opened a
taproom in their warehouse, The Warehouse–
61 Mare Street, E8 4RG. E11 Lord Rookwood -
Planning application made in March to re-develop
the ground floor and re-open as a pub - The
Rookwood Village.
Here is a list of the pubs reopening
dates that we have to date (July 06).
Campaigning for real ale,
pubs & drinkers' rights since
1971.
Whatpub update 41 (December 2020)
EC1, ARTISAN (OF CLERKENWELL) (Greene King/Metropolitan). Closed, unlikely to reopen
under Greene King management. Was PRIORY.
EC1, BARSMITH (Marylebone Leisure Group). Closed for refurbishment in December 2019;
still a building site October. Was LONGROOM and the GATE.
EC4, UNION (Union Bar & Grill Ltd) Reported not reopening.
E1, MOMENTO LOUNGE BAR. Renamed EDGE.
E1, DEAN SWIFT (Wellington). Closed. Planning permission to redevelop site retaining pub
was refused March 2020. However in September the pub was a building site.
E1, MECHANIC BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM. Brewery closed 3 November; looking to
relocate in 2021.
E4, MO-BO’S. Now Japanese restaurant. Was LOCO LOUNGE, MCQUEENS, LUSH and
GIO’S
E4, WINE FACTOR , 75 Station Rd.
Wine bar with craft beer in back of off
licence.
E10, GRAVITY WELL TAPROOM ,
Arch 155 Midland Rd. Relocated
taproom of Gravity Well brewery. Aims
to cover a broad range of the craft
beer spectrum while maintaining the
focus on their signature hazy, juicy
pales and IPAs.
E10, GRAVITY WELL TAPROOM.
Closed. Brewery taproom relocated to
another nearby railway arch (see
openings above).
E14, TOMMY FLOWERS PUB , 50
Aberfeldy St. Community owned pub
opened summer 2018, named after
Tommy Flowers (1905-1998) born a short walk away at 160 Abbott Rd, Poplar. He first worked
as an engineer with the Post Office, then went on to design Colossus, ‘the world’s first
programmable electronic computer’. The building operates as a community space on Mon-
Wed. Beer is Guinness/Carlsberg.
E15, BRITANNIA. Closed November 2019 due to identified structural problems. Planning
permission refused July 2020 to demolish pub and develop the site retaining a pub.
E16, BECKTON ARMS, 1 Beckton Rd. Reopened. No real ale.
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