1287 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G3 8TL. Closed.
Patter Merchants. 1991.
Over the years this has been known as Murphy’s Pakora Bar, in the 1980s, Chequers and Downing Street, Moloco in the 90s, The Patter Merchant’s. When Duncan Fraser occupied the premises this was known as The Temple Bar.
Chequers and Downing Street. 1980s.
Update…2007. This old pub is now called the Goat.
The Goat. 2007.
Facts…
This part of Argyle was once called Dumbarton Road.
Licence Holders.
1991 Gurmail Singh Dhillon.
1973-1969 William Freeburn Graham for Tennent Caledonian Brewery.
1960 Alexander Martin.
1937 Mrs Agnes Fraser.
1919-1896 Duncan Fraser.
Do you remember this old Pub? If so please leave a comment.
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I used to work in this bar when I was a student around 1973/4 and it was called the Temple Bar. It was so named due to there being a Masonic temple opposite it, now a mosque, I think. It was run by Calum Grant from the Isle of Skye and we always spoke Gaelic to each other.
Was the pub at the opposite corner the Frying Pan