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The interior of McGillin's Olde Ale House in September 2017 Food and beer at McGillin's Olde Ale House in May 2017. Initially called The Bell in Hand, the famous pub opened its doors in 1860 in the home of Irish immigrant William "Pa" McGillin, the owner and operator of the establishment.
St Stephen's Tavern is a public house in the City of Westminster. It takes its name from St Stephen's Chapel in the nearby Palace of Westminster, which was used as the chamber for the House of Commons of England. It is one of the six pubs around Parliament with a division bell to warn members of an impending vote. [1]
The pub was opened by a German national named Christian Schmitt [citation needed] in 1891 and traded as "York Minster". Schmitt died in 1911. His wife, Bertha Margaretha Schmitt, continued to run the pub until 1914. With the outbreak of the First World War, Bertha Schmitt sold the pub to a Belgian, Victor Berlemont, who had moved to London in ...
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private houses from those open to the public as alehouses, taverns and inns . [ 1 ]
Douglas lived in the tavern, calling it his "mansion house". [4] After his death in 1752, the tavern passed to his sister, who sold it to the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons in 1766. [ 3 ] The Masons used the first floor for their meeting rooms led by Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , Joseph Warren (killed at Bunker Hill ...
The Princess Louise is a public house situated on High Holborn, a street in central London. Built in 1872, it is best known for its well-preserved 1891 Victorian interior, with wood panelling and a series of booths around an island bar. It is a tied house owned by the Samuel Smith Old Brewery of Tadcaster, Yorkshire. [1]
By 1869, it began being advertised under the name "the Absinthe House". [3] Around 1870, Aleix hired bartender Cayetano Ferrer, who was highly regarded for his work at the French Opera House. Ferrer took over management of the bar three years later, and helped it earn its reputation, by then titled as the Old Absinthe House or Old Absinthe Room.
The pub is located on Dartmouth Street opposite the infamous early theatre The Royal Cockpit, which was known as a cockfighting arena. [5] Rebuilt in 1756, [6] it is named after the two men who used to carry sedan chairs for wealthy patrons who frequented the pub in its early days. Apparently the sedan chair carriers would wait in the pub for ...