Ep 34 Mayfair Pubs Pt1 - Guinea Grill, Coach & Horses, The Footman & The Kings Head

Send us a text

In this episode, we start looking at some great Mayfair pubs: Guinea Grill, both Coach & Horses, The Footman and The Kings Head.  We’ll continue Mayfair in a second episode

================================

Google map with pubs covered in previous episodes pinned, courtesy of Andy Meddick:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/4/edit?mid=12c-WKa3XiT1qTLydK8psZocUR7Y_Wes&usp=sharing

Or TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/bduca5dv

The following resources are referenced or quoted frequently in these episodes:

• Ted Bruning  -- Historic Pubs of London (ISBN 978-0658005022) and London By Pub (ISBN 978-0658005022)
• Wikipedia
• https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/  by Ann Laffeaty 

Additionally, the  following resource(s) were used / quoted in this episode:

Guinea Grill:

https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/guinea-grill-london-mayfair-oldest-steakhouse-expansion-b1142947.html

Maurice Gorham - Back to the Local (ISBN 978-0571386987)

Coach & Horses - Bruton Street:

https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/15939/coach-horses-london

Bardow pics: https://flashbak.com/brigitte-bardot-in-the-pub-by-ray-bellisario-1968-36253/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/06/ray-bellisario-obituary

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59553852

Footman:

https://numberonelondon.net/2021/04/historic-pub-crawl-i-am-the-only-running-footman/

https://mayfairfoodie.com/the-footman/

Kings Head:

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/ps40m-mayfair-raid-is-biggest-gems-heist-in-british-history-6736160.html

https://www.bigvenuebook.com/venue/1964/#:~:text=Located%20in%20amidst%20the%20fashion,to%20the%20easy%2Dgoing%20mood.

https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16031/kings-head-london

Intro Music:  Vivaldi - Spring Allegro by John Harrison w/ the Wichita State University Chamber Orch.

Photo:  Bob Walker

Website: https://historiclondonpubcast.com/

E-mail: [e-mail]