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In order of opening date, pubs operated by the group have included: The Porterhouse Inn, Strand Road, Bray, County Wicklow (1989); [7] The original Porterhouse, which opened in 1989, was sold in February 2019. [5] The Porterhouse, Parliament Street, Temple Bar, Dublin (opened 1996) [10] The Porterhouse, Covent Garden, London (opened 2000)
The pub was built in about 1900 and the architect was P. E. Pilditch. [1] In late 1951 the landlords, Whitbread, converted it to a theatrical theme and it is thought to have been one of the first English themed pubs which were popular in the mid twentieth century as brewers tried to appeal to a younger generation who were not so interested in the traditional entertainments of their parents.
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]
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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
The Harp is a public house at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS. It was The Welsh Harp until 1995, when it was taken over by an Irish woman Binnie Walsh, who subsequently bought the pub. [1] [2] The pub was subsequently sold to Fuller's in 2014.
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".
The first O'Neill's was opened in Aberdeen in 1994 by Bass, the largest pub company in the UK at the time. [1] A second O'Neill's opened at Covent Garden in 1995. By 1996, there were 52 and it was Bass's most successful pub chain. By 1996, Bass was opening more than one a month, and had spent £40 million on the pub chain.