The Tram Stop micropub, to be located at the outbound Hillsborough Park tram stop, now has planning permission and a premises licence. This project will see the Pro Property shop converted into a bar. It is expected to open mid July, in time for Tramlines festival.
Samuel Smiths Brewery have made their recruitment efforts to get live in management couples to reopen some of their pubs not currently trading a bit more prominent with blue banners on the front of the pubs, including the Old Mother Red Cap in Bradway, which has been closed for nearly a decade now.
Meanwhile elsewhere Samuel Smith are selling some of their pubs off, which is something we’ve not seen in a long time, this includes the Travellers Rest in Oughtibridge.
Not to forget of course we do still have some that are open and successful such as the Brown Bear in Sheffield City Centre!
The Royal in Woodhouse closed on 10 May for a refurbishment and is expected to reopen mid June. The pub is leased from Heineken’s Star Pub Company and the new look will feature sports on TV and a games room with more community events also planned.
The Beer House in Hillsborough, located on the inbound tram platform, held their 3rd birthday party on 24 May.
The beer festival held at the Old Nags Head in Edale was deemed a huge success and they plan to repeat it next year over the weekend of 23 to 25 April.
The refurbishment work at the Mount Pleasant Inn at Norton Lees took a little longer than expected but the pub finally reopened on 11 May.
There was a leaving do at the Millhouses on 24 April with the management of the last 7 years moving on. The pub is leased from Stonegate Pub Company.
The management of the Anvil at Stannington are moving on after less than two years and the lease is available again. It is owned by Stonegate Pub Company.
The former Southpaw boxing gym at Shalesmoor is to be converted into a retro video games arcade bar. It will be run by the same people as Retrodome in Barnsley and will charge an entry fee, once in all the games will be free to play.
The Norfolk Arms in Grenoside, which has been closed for 6 years, has building work well underway with a new extension and other alterations along with smartening up the existing exterior.
Eyam Brewery’s Tap room in Tideswell has now been granted its premises licence and continues to open every weekend with the bar offering a range of their cask and keg beers to drink in plus a shop selling their cans and bottles along with merch such as t-shirts and hoodies. Currently most Saturdays sees a street food trader pitching up outside, however longer term they intend to build an open kitchen in the tap room to offer their own food.
The Olde Bowling Green in Bradwell will be closing for a bar refurbishment on Sunday 31 May with a party on the Saturday night, 30 May, from 8pm with DJ Euan Halbert. Whilst the pub is closed the landlord and landlady are getting married and reopening the pub as a husband and wife team at 4pm on Friday 12 June.
There has been a management change at the Woodroffe Arms in Hope. The pub is owned by Greene King brewery but leased to independent local operators. The pub is now another one run by Atlantik Inns, who already have the Old Hall Hotel across the road. The Woodroffe is a community local with sport on TV, cask ales and an outdoor drinking area. It also offers accommodation. The food offering here will deliberately be different to the Old Hall with pizzas and bar snacks available.