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The Two Brewers is a pub in Covent Garden, London, at 40 Monmouth Street. [1] Prior to 1935, the pub was known as the Sheep's Head Tavern and features open fires. [2] [3] [4] In 1835, William Spicer, formerly the proprietor of the Tower at Tower street in the Seven Dials became the pub keeper. [2]
The Salisbury was well known as a gay-friendly pub from Oscar Wilde's time up until the mid-1980s. [5] The 1961 British suspense film Victim, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, includes scenes inside and outside The Salisbury and was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual".
Covent Garden has 13 theatres, [101] and over 60 pubs and bars, with most south of Long Acre, around the main shopping area of the old market. [102] The Seven Dials area in the north of Covent Garden was home to the punk rock club The Roxy in 1977, [ 103 ] and the area remains focused on young people with its trendy mid-market retail outlets.
The White Lion, 2008. The White Lion is a pub in Covent Garden, London, on the corner of James Street and Floral Street.. There has been a pub called the White Lion on the site since at least 1839, [1] and the current pub was rebuilt in 1888, as can be seen under the rampant lion at the top of the building.
Freemasons Arms, Covent Garden: Long Acre The Grenadier: 1720 18, Wilton Row, Belgravia. Originally the officers' mess of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards The Harp: 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden: 1772 II Rose Street, Covent Garden The Marquis of Clanricarde: Mid-19th century II 36 Southwick Street, Paddington
16 Exeter Street and 23 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2 Coordinates 51°30′42.35″N 0°7′12.81″W / 51.5117639°N 0.1202250°W / 51.5117639; -0.1202250
Location of Button's Coffee House in Covent Garden (top right, marked with a coffee cup) Button's Coffee House was an 18th-century coffeehouse in London, England. It was situated in Russell Street, Covent Garden, between the City and Westminster. [1]
The Lamb and Flag is a Grade II listed public house at Rose Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2. [1] The building is erroneously said to date back to Tudor times, and to have been a licensed premises since 1623, but in fact dates from the early 18th century, [2] or according to its official listing, perhaps from 1688. [1] The building became a ...