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J D Wetherspoon (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and 56 Wetherspoon hotels. [3]
Loathed and loved in equal measures, Wetherspoon pubs have become an essential part of the British cultural landscape, but the unorthodox experiences offered in these cut-price watering holes can ...
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The pub is 8,800 square feet (820 m 2) and can hold 1,700 customers. [2] It is owned by the pub chain JD Wetherspoon who opened it on 15 August 1995, and named it after George Orwell's 1946 essay, "The Moon Under Water", describing his ideal pub. [3] It is one of 15 Wetherspoon pubs with the same name. [2] [4]
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For 15 years after 1986 the building remained derelict until the J D Wetherspoons pub chain came to an agreement with the council to renovate it as a pub. The pub first opened on 17 December 1998 [3] and retained the name The Rodboro Buildings. In 2013 the pub was closed for a few weeks to undertake renovation, re-opening on 6 September 2013.
Any pub branded as 'Wetherspoons' is actually called that in the same way it could be called the 'Dog and Duck'. PaulMac9 22:46, 17 February 2021 (UTC) It absolutely should be "Wetherspoon" - that is the name of the brand, and the name written on all 40+ Wetherspoon pubs I have visited personally, and done "Mystery Diner" visits for.
The locations in Orland Park, East Peoria, and Northbrook closed in 2019. The one in Rockford closed in 2020. Several other Illinois locations are still open. [593] [594] [595] Harrison's Restaurant and Brewery, Orland Park, opened in 1998, closed in 2013. [596] Hofbräuhaus Chicago opened in Rosemont in 2013 [597] and closed in 2021. [598]