178 Ingram Street, Glasgow, G1 1DN. Demolished.
Chubbie Chester’s. 1990s.
This was a great pub during the 1980s, at one time there were 11 stewards on the premises. It was flooded went on fire and was soon demolished afterwards in the 90s.
During the 1980s this pub was known as Zhivagos, owned by Tony Ghani and wife Anne, they also owned Blackjack’s in Hope Street. Alec Nicol the DJ was resident in both these premises, I remember him well, he had a fantastic voice and played great music, he would have been great on one of the major radio shows.
After the flood and a refit Mr & Mrs Ghani sold the place and less than a year later, they bought a place at Hogganfield Loch off Cumbernauld Road, but it was a white elephant, a few years later it was set on fire and closed down.
Below is a list of advertisements…
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These adverts are from the early 1980s.
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Chubbie Chesters Advert.
This once fantastic bar is now demolished. 1990s.
Another view of the demolition. 1990s.
Do you remember Chubbie Chester’s? If so please leave a comment.
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I worked in Zhivagos and Zicos for years . Happy Days !
Me too Jean
Hi Jean
I worked in Zico’s too my name is John Brown my mates name was John Young Sadly passed on in 2000 ,He worked there too , we were stewards I remember Ewan & Kevin & Two brothers who worked too cant remember names was I there for about 6 months had a great time Thank you Best John.
I drank in Zhivago’s for years and thoroughly enjoyed it. Still friends with many of my drinking buddies back in the day. Don’t know if names such as Macho, Elder, Lex would ring a bell with you.
Absolutely remember them well I worked in the bar was the good old days
Hi Yvonne not great with social media but came across this. I loved all the old crowd customers and staff alike Anne your old boss Anne
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Me and my 2 brothers and my dad built the bars and fitted the place out from top to bottom .Toni was sound .Me and my wife were in Edinburgh recently and decided to go for a curry .We met Tonis nephew and started talking about glasgow curries and old pubs et ,he then spoke about his uncle Toni who owned zhivagoes ,he then phoned Toni and I actually spoke to him and he remembered my dad and me and my brothers who fitted out zhivagoes for him ,out all the places we could have went ,we went there ,unbelievable ,after nearly 40years Freaky .!!!.
I worked behind the bar at Chubbie Chesters in about 1992-1993. I remember it being on Sauchihall Street. Am I remembering incorrectly, or was there another Chubbie Chesters? Does anyone know what year it burned down?
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Was owned? by Tony Capaldi and his wife Sue before that they ran Capo’s in Bellshill, they also had the Hatrack in St Vincent Street before Chubbies.
After Chubbies burnt down they moved to Tenerife and opened a Chubbies there they ran other very successful bars in Las Americas.
Yes Chubbies was owned by the wonderful Tony & Sue Capaldi, great hosts ! I remember it was the first place in Glasgow to ever have Karaoke with the DJ Jim Stewart and Don Sobel (I think that was his name). It burned down on 25th January 1992 and moved to Sauchiehall Street but was never quite the same.