{"id":709104,"date":"2026-01-20T17:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/709104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:48:16","slug":"wetherspoon-to-open-new-485-seat-pub-in-edinburghs-old-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/709104\/","title":{"rendered":"Wetherspoon to open new 485-seat pub in Edinburgh\u2019s Old Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"355\">JD Wetherspoon is set to expand its footprint in Edinburgh with a new 485-capacity pub in the city\u2019s Old Town.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"664\">The group has secured licensing approval for the Chambers Street site, which formerly housed the Revolution cocktail bar before its closure in summer 2024. The premises are located close to the National Museum of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, in an area popular with both residents and tourists with an opening date to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"847\">The venue will become the chain\u2019s eighth in the capital, including existing pubs in George Street, Lothian Road, and Waverley Station. with the pub group progressing plans for another new outlet at Fountain Park, where it has taken over the unit previously occupied by McCowan\u2019s Brewhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JD Wetherspoon is set to expand its footprint in Edinburgh with a new 485-capacity pub in the city\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,71248,4884,90306,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-709104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-edinburgh-old-town","tag-great-britain","tag-jd-wetherspoon","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115928688907649458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}