Bury St Edmunds Tavern on St. John's
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Bury St Edmunds Tavern on St. John's
also traded as Wolf, Benson Blakes, Snug
West, 52.24706,0.71215
Closed: 21st century
Notice posted 26 June 2022 about permanent closure
opened modern
last owner/operator: Cornhall Bury Ltd
88-89 St John's St, IP33 1SJ
grid reference TL 852 644
Reopened in May 2019, a freehouse The Tavern is able to stock a large range of both local and craft beer. Food served all day from 12noon to 9pm (4pm Sundays) and from 11am on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Closed for layout changes. Reopening date unknown.
Currently closed and on the market.
Gallery
Hopsters 0.01 mile
Grapes 0.03 mile
Nightjars 0.04 mile
BAR Twenty One 0.06 mile
King's Arms 0.11 mile
Bushel 0.12 mileHistorical interest
[Wolf]
Owner/operator: JD Wetherspoon
New addition to the town's hostelries. Set out in typical Wetherspoon's style, offering cheap beer in basic but comfortable surroundings.
Beer: Courage Directors; Theakston Best Bitter, XB, Younger Scotch.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A former pizza restaurant converted into a comfortable bar / restaurant.
This was Benson Blake's, A Lloyd's No. 1 pub, part of the JD Wetherspoon chain, which was sold around September 2016 to become the Snug, part of a chain of cocktail bars.
It reopened on May 24th 2019 as the Tavern on St John's.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
