{"id":22538,"date":"2025-04-15T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22538\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:20:11","slug":"the-pilgrim-pub-is-about-to-reopen-and-the-two-things-regulars-loved-most-will-still-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22538\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pilgrim pub is about to reopen – and the two things regulars loved most will still be there"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pilgrim pub in the Georgian Quarter is about to reopen and it\u2019s still got the two things regulars loved most about the original \u2013 the jukebox and cheap drinks!<\/p>\n

The basement pub on Pilgrim Street, which has long been a big favourite especially with Liverpool students, closed at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

It was taken over by the 1936 Pub Company, who\u2019ve most recently completed refurbs on Alma de Cuba and The Monro, as well as an award-winning restoration of The Vines on Lime Street.<\/p>\n

Now less than two months after the new owners picked up the keys and began work, The Pilgrim will be back open on Wednesday (April 16) along with a newly-created neighbour venue The Mayflower.<\/p>\n

And, says Mary Jane King from the 1936\u2019s operations team, drinkers will be nicely surprised by just how familiar the place looks and feels.<\/p>\n

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\nShe explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cWith The Pilgrim in particular it was very sensitive because it\u2019s so deeply loved and so important to so many people\u2019s memories, especially students past and present,\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that we couldn\u2019t and wouldn\u2019t take any of that away, so very little has changed, it is the same old Pilgrim but just a bit better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve tidied it up and added to it but not really taken away. We\u2019ve left all the tableside jukeboxes in place but they unfortunately don\u2019t work anymore so we put in a new vintage-style jukebox. That plays CDs, it\u2019ll be free and it will have an incredible selection of tunes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also added a Bond-themed Dr No pinball machine which is really fun, but people will recognise a lot of what\u2019s still there because we\u2019ve kept the original tables, all the booths along the walls and most of the original lighting as well as the original signage outside that\u2019s been cleaned up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we took on The Pilgrim of course we looked at what everyone said about it because we really value the response from people who live in the city and go to places.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to make something modern and new that people don\u2019t necessarily want to happen to a place that they love. We\u2019d like to do what we can to keep a place special.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe jukeboxes and cheap drinks prices were the two things that came up most, so I think people will be happy to see the beautiful new jukebox and that we\u2019re doing our best to stick with those student prices on our house everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

While The Pilgrim is a spruced-up version of its old self, The 1936 Pub Company has made The Mayflower pretty much from scratch.<\/p>\n

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Mary Jane adds:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time that we\u2019ve been making small thoughtful improvements to The Pilgrim we\u2019ve been doing what we\u2019re used to doing upstairs which is ripping out and completely changing the space,\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was the old function room and an office space has become its own entity \u2013 The Mayflower.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go into The Pilgrim via the beer garden which we\u2019ve done up, and then next to it is the frontage for The Mayflower which has been designed entirely differently and has its own entrance. When you go in to The Mayflower, off to the side is the lovely iron spiral staircase and that connects the two.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pilgrim is different to anything else we\u2019ve done, but The Mayflower is the one which has similar things you can find in our other venues in other parts of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like the idea that if you love one place on Duke Street you can keep that same vibe going by walking up the road and finding a place that has its own unique traits but with the same feel. Then you can pop to the actual Pilgrim itself and it\u2019s an entirely different atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out more about The Pilgrim here<\/a>.
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