Wine Lodge sold

[IGS]

I noticed that there is a Sold sign on the old Wine Lodge; any ideas?

[Wareite1969]

Noticed that the other day and was surprised to be honest as it has been empty a while.

To paraphrase a number of ideas on previous threads we should be hoping for (as the High St needs moving upmarket apparently)

1) An artisanal Bakery / Charcuterie that only stocks produce from 3 villages in North East Italy

2) An organic green grocer that only sells Heritage Carrots, multicoloured Beetroot, Chicory & Fennel

I for one hope we get any kind of enterprise that will mean the building is occupied and trading. I have no idea what that may be but I wish whoever it is, all the best in their attempts at running a profitable business.

Anything is better than an empty shop

[The Masked Woler]

I think it means someone has bought it.

It was up for auction a few weeks ago.

As I recall there has already been an application for a hot food take away but the council didn't like the proposal to tear out the windows and put in an aluminium shop front.

[kevin phillips bong]

Rumour has it and I repeat a rumour, that it will return/stay as a pub. (with no help/thanks from MuckMullens whatsoever!). Something like a pie n pint concept apparently or something like that but, like I say like Gregory Isaacs 'rumours are spreading'.

[RCR1]

The change of use to hot food takeaway was allowed.
For a peer inside see
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... 62278.html
(the link may become invalid if the sale goes through)

[New Boy]

Not another takeaway hurrah

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/H ... 131828.htm

Let's hope for a decent bar venue to rival Hertford

[johnlancaster]

its amazing the council will give change of use so that beautiful old building can be changed into an ugly stinky takeaway shop ….. but they won't let me
have an osteopathy clinic 3 doors away i do love talking to those delightful ladies at the planning dept NOT

[Ian]

To be fair the decision to allow a change of use was taken over 2 years ago and the High Street has changed since then. According to the Mercury it will open as a pub, so no change of use after all, but we all know how accurate the Mercury is!

[VicarageRoader]

If someone is going to turn it back into a pub it will need a shed load of investment.

I looked at the spec a while back and the outgoing owners have ripped the guts out of the place, its basically a shell.

I hope it is a pub, something along the lines of the CraftBeerCo family http://thecraftbeerco.com/ would be fantastic.

Brighton, Brixton, Clapham, Clerkenwell, Covent garden, Islington, Ware ........it just rolls off the tongue.

[Moulder]

Glad its going to remain a 'pub' - I really hope it is a success.