Byres Road, Glasgow. The Westend Bar. 2007. To the left of this bar is Bobar.
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Tennent’s Bar
191 Byres Road, Partick, Glasgow. G12. Tel: 01413411024. Tennent’s Bar. 1991. Hugh Tennent jun. obtained a certificate to sell wines beers and spirits from premises on this site since 1888. A new tenement was built on the site with a new public house for Hugh Tennent in the 1890’s. Hugh Tennent jun. was the grandson […]
Oran Mor
Top of Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 8QX. Tel: 0141 357 6226. Oran Mor. 2007. Oran Mor. 2008. This establishment is very popular with drama students attending ‘a play, a pie and a pint’. The Oran Mor is owned by Colin Beattie who also owns the Old College Bar on High Street.
Oblomov
116 Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 Tel: 01413342666. Oblomov. 1991. The Whistlers Mother was the original name for this pub and was changed to Oblomov for a few years before going back to the Whistlers Mother. Whistlers Mother. 2007.
The Rubaiyat
94 Byres Road, Glasgow. G12 8TB. Tel: 01413411041. Opened in the early 1950s by James Montgomery who formerly had licensed premises in Buchanan Street. The Rubaiyat was built on the site of Drummond’s Tea room. The small circular cocktail bar “The Bowl of Night” has disappeared when it was refurbished in the 1980s. The locals […]
Common Rooms.
77 Byres Road, Glasgow. G11 5HN. Tel: 0141 342 5726. The Chancellor. 1991. Update…2006. Russell’s Bar. 2006. After passing the once Chancellor I noticed that if had a name change now called “Russell’s Bar Cafe. Another name change for 2008, now called the “Common Rooms.” Common Rooms sign. 2008. The Common Rooms. 2008. This rare […]