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The owners of Black Cat bar have revealed what they\u2019ve done to the former Crazy\u2019s Pedro\u2019s in Liverpool city centre \u2013 including their take on some trademark features and when it will reopen.<\/p>\n
Black Cat, which is known for its craft and cask beers and cocktails, already has two sites on Smithdown Road and Rose Lane in south Liverpool.<\/p>\n
But when Crazy Pedro\u2019s on Parr Street closed in December last year and they had a chance to take it on, they couldn\u2019t turn it down.<\/p>\n
Now Black Cat number three is set to open its doors on the weekend from October 17 and one of the team behind it, Andy Scott, says fans will recognise a few reminders of its much-loved predecessor.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s such a great spot and the way they\u2019d done it out, everyone who visited graffitied on the walls. The whole place was covered and even though we\u2019ve repainted we wanted to pay homage to that so the manager at Smithdown, who\u2019s also a photographer, came in and took photos of lots of the old interesting graffiti.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re framing all the photos of how it used to look so people can spot their old graffiti, it\u2019s not gone forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey also had loads of cool band posters on the ceiling, so we\u2019ve changed that slightly and papered it with old book pages so it\u2019s like a grown-up Pedro\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andy, who owns Black Cat along with Chris Welsh and Rich Midgley, says the food will be familiar too. They\u2019ve partnered with La Musa in Garston to create a pizza menu for the new venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiogo used to work at Little Furnace which is the pizza place next door to Smithdown and their pizza is amazing so we\u2019re very happy to have him here because we think it\u2019s just a really good match,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
The popular suntrap roof terrace is staying too with plans for a bar and DJ up there in time for next summer\u2019s outdoor drinks season.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDownstairs at the back there was a big bricked-up window so we\u2019ve uncovered that and it\u2019s brought a lot of light in so it\u2019s made it more of a daytime place as well as nighttime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSmithdown is a coffee shop by day and it will be here too. We\u2019ll be opening from 2pm so people can come in, do a bit of work, have a coffee then move on to the drinks later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, like Pedro\u2019s was known for its margs, we\u2019ll also be bringing our Marg Mondays, which is always very busy in our other two sites, to Parr Street.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a resident DJ from S**t Indie Disco on Fridays, quiz on Tuesdays and live sport on a big screen, Andy says they\u2019ve got plenty planned for Black Cat three.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had Smithdown since 2017, we opened Rose Lane last May, and we were already looking at opening a third place but we were thinking of staying with suburban. We didn\u2019t really have any aspirations to do anything in the city centre until this came up and we thought we\u2019d give it a go.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a great craft and cask scene down that end of Slater Street now with the likes of St Peter\u2019s Tavern, The Monro, and the Red Lion. Town\u2019s a different beast to what we\u2019re used to so it\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
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