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NEWS FOR JANUARY 2025

E8 2LQ Kraft Dalston 130a Kingsland High Street - closed expected to reopen at some point as something else. E11 4AJ Arch Deli, Arch 211 Grove Green Road - unreported bar - limited keykeg rang/bottles/cans. EC4V 4BY Rudds, 148 Queen Victoria St - closed and boarded up - future uncertain. E11 2AL George, 159 High Street - reopen as George & Dragon by Urban Pubs & Bars with cask ale from ELB and Five Points. E8 2LQ Kraft Dalston, 130a Kingsland High Street, - the brewery has closed and the site is no longer run by Kraft brewery. E8 8DA Tequila Mockingbird Shoreditch, 22 Kingsland Road - closed May 2024 - reopened in December as Ringside - a sports bar with keg beer. E11 3AA Red Lion, 640 High Road - closed for refurbishment. E14 5AR Breakfast Pub, 1 Crossrail place - was Doctor Krueger's Olde Towne Tavern - closed lease expired - Venue likely to reopen as a Lina Stores which will have some form of bar. EC3R 8AJ Britannia, 20 Monument Street - Cask ale discontinued - handpumps removed.

NEWS FOR DECEMBER

2024

E11 4PG Shepherds Inn, 485 High Road - was a lithuanian restaurant with a bar which closed 2023 - reopened as a Pan Asian restaurant that does not appear to sell alcohol. E1 8AH Still & Star, 1 Little Somerset St - Closed in 2017, planning permission approved to demolish - should be a pub in the redevelopment. E11 4RE mammoth Tap,, Arch 1, Station Approach - closed future uncertain. E3 5SN Victoria Park, Unit GF1 Bow Wharf, 221 Grove Road - Taproom from Pretty Decent Brewery - 12 Craft beers. E17 7JR Pretty Decent & Friends, 17&Central, 42 Selbourne Walk - Taproom from Pretty Decent Brewery -10 taps of Craft Beer. E3 5SN Victoria Park, Unit GF1 Bow Wharf, 221 Grove Road - Taproom from Pretty Decent Brewery - 12 Craft beers. E17 7JR Pretty Decent & Friends, 17&Central, 42 Selbourne Walk - Taproom from Pretty Decent Brewery -10 taps of Craft Beer. E4 7QH Royal Forest Hotel, 4 Ranger Road -4 Cask ales - Doombar. Tribute, Landlord and Cowcatcher. E14 7LS Queens Head, 8 FlamboroughStreet - Real ale introduced Landlord & Doombar. E17 6AL Big Penny Social, 1 Priestley Way - has 2 handpumps currently Redemption Big Chief and Orbit Dead Wax. EC4Y 1HT Tipperary, 66 Fleet St - closed for refurbishment till 2027. E1 4TP White Hart, 1 Mile End Rd - reopened after refurbishment. E2 6LG Star of Bethnal Green, 359 Bethnal Green Road - RA discontinued. E2 0JB Florist, 255 Globe Road - RA Discontinued E$ 7QH Royal Forest Hotel, 4 Ranger Road - reopened under new ownership as an Hotel/Pub/Restaurant -Can & Bottled beer. E8 4AH Crown & Castle, 600 Kingsland Rd - Real ale reinstated - Gun Pale Ale. EC2M 7PY Hamilton Hall, Liverpool St Station - reopened following refurbishment. EC4Y 0BH Jamies, 36 Tudor Street - RA discontinued.

NEWS FOR NOVEMBER

2024

E3 3PJ Widows Son, 75 Devons Road - reopened under new management - keg beer. E2 6EY King's Arms , 11a Buckfast Street - leasehold has been sold to the operator of the Sutton Arms, Clerkenwell - should reopen as of today (27/11). EC3M 6BL Wine Lodge, 143 Fenchurch Street - closed pre-pandemic - reopened as Nancy Spains - the second venue of Irish themed bars.Live Music & Murphy's. E17 5QJ Exale Taproom, Uplands Business Park - nowd oing cask ale [one of their own]. EC2M 3YD Eataly, 135 Bishopsgate - Opened in 2021 - food hall with bars & Restaurants - keg beer - food mainly Italian. E17 6ZH Black Horse Bar & Pizzeria, 1 Wickford Way - bar in a new build -opened Aug 2022. 11 keg lines mainly from local breweries. EC2A 2AS All Bar One, 18-20 Appold Street - reopened as The 1 Bar - cocktails with 5 keg beers. E5 0NS Once Reyond, 43 Lower Clapton Road - closed as building repossessed. Now on sale/for lease. E1 5JP Kill the Cat, 43 Brick Lane - has closed - the owners have opened a new bar at 14 Market St, E1 6DT with the same name.

NEWS FOR OCTOBER 2024

E2 6DG Casa Blue - 120 Bethnal Green Road - now Rain Dogs - independent bar with keg beer. E17 7BX Chequers, 145 High St - Cask ale re- introduced - currently two from ELB. EC1Y 1AG Singer Tavern, 1-5 City Road - Real Ale discontinued - No demand! E15 4QS Abbey Tao, 12-14 The Broadway - No cask ale - handpumps removed. E17 9HQ Wild Card Barrel Store, Ravenswood Industrial Estate - has been repossessed as the brewery has gone into administration. EC4A 4AN Farringdon Tap, 41 Farringdon St - has reintroduced Cask Ale - Theakston XBE11 2Rl. George, 159High Street - closed - will reopen as George & Dragon following refurbishment by it's new operator Urban Pubs & Bars. E17 9HX Lord Raglan, 199 Shernhall Street - now The RaglanE11 2RL George, 159 High Road - will close at the end of Sunday October 13th. E17 5RB Wildcard Taproom, Unit 2 Lockwood Way - closed as the premises have been reclaimed by the freeholder [LB of Walthm Forest]. E1 6NU Commercial Tavern, 142 Commercial Street - reintroduced a Cask ale - currently Five Points Best but will rotate. EC1R 0DU The Green, 29 Clerkenwell Green - relaunched as TapRoom/Bottle shop with 10 taps and a"shiny new fridge". E1 4TP White Hart, 1-3 Mile End Road - closed for refurbishment until middle of November E8 1NT Binch, 51 Greenwood Road - opened May 2021 small independent bar specialising in Wine & Craft beer - doubles as a bottle shop during the day. E17 9HX Lord Raglan , 199 Shernhall St - reopened after refurbishment

NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER

2024

E2 8JH Molly;s Cafe, 1 Geffrye St - r-eopend under new management - Bottles and 3 keg beers [Two Tribes] E9 5QU Mother Kelly's Bottle Shop, 185 WellStreet - closed in 2020 - reopened as a Barbers. E7 9PA Hudson Bay, 1-5 Upton Lane - sold be Wetherspoon - planning permission granted to convert to a community centre. E5 0DH Glyn Arms, 1 Mandeville St - reopened as AJ's :Lounge - Bottled beer. EC2M 7PY Hamilton Hall , Concourse Liverpool St Station - closed for refurbishment - will reopen in November. E2 6JY Boxcar Taproom, Unit 1 Birkbeck St - is in use as Umbrella Cider House - currently brewing and will open a taproom in due course. E11 1HG Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane - closed future uncertain. EC4M 9AF F1 Arcade, First Floor, One New Change - bar dedicated to F1 Racing - Keg beer - opened Dec 2022. E17 9HX Lord Raglan, 199 Shernhall St - closed for redecoration. EC4M 9DD Wren Tavern, 67-69 Watling St - reopened after refurbishment. Was Juno Rooms - Does not appear to do Cask ale.. E9 5AF Tiger, 245 Wick Road -had reopened as Eke Bar & Restaurant - Nigerian food and keg beer. E5 8EG Clapton Hart, 231 Lower Clapton Rd & E11 3AA Red Lion, 641 High Road - both pubs have had leases bought out of administration by Urban Pubs & Bars. E10 5QN Leyton Engineer, 265 High Road - was \Leyton Technical - refurbished and reopened by Remarkable pubs. 3 Cask Ales [Spitfire, Southwold Bitter, 5 Points Best] EC1V 9AA Duke of Wellington, 2-4 Old ST - closed and reopened - closed for refurbishment - will reopen as Wren Tavern as MYST Club - part pub part nightclub. EC4M 9PP Juno Rooms, 67-69 Watling St, Closed for refurbishment, Will reopen as Wren Tavern E14 0AY Hope & Anchor, 14 Newby place - cask ale restored St Austell Cornish Best.