Portishead pub

JD Wetherspoons is opening an innovative new pub near Portishead Quays Marina today (Tuesday).

The Posset Cup, in Harbour Road, will provide its first clients these days after a particular VIP event throughout the weekend.

Manager Emma Simpson feels the newest pub are going to be a welcome addition to Portishead.

It had been perhaps not willing to open before Christmas time however the first pints were drawn recently.

Wetherspoons states it offers invested £1.69million within the development.

The string will use a town’s history with regards to names its brand-new pubs much like The Glassmaker in Nailsea.

However, it settled on The Posset Cup last autumn. Portishead was called Posset in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Posset Pieces is a series of publications concerning the town’s record and Shakespeare mentions ‘posset’ inside the plays. Originally a dessert enriched by liquor, it was used as a medicinal solution, served in a two-handled cup.

Historical photos of Portishead being placed all over premises and regional musician Lisa Malyon has also created some initial benefit the pub.

There was one bar and an alcohol yard for folks to take pleasure from.

The organization normally looking for planning permission for a smoking shelter into back associated with pub. If authorized, it might be close to the container store.

Ms Simpson said: “Myself and my team searching forward to welcoming consumers to the pub and we also are confident that it will be an excellent inclusion into Portishead neighborhood.”

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