The Story
Bill Bentley set up his first wine bar in Beauchamp Place around 1972 — by 1999 it had grown to a chain of six bars across the City, acquired along the way by Finch's and then Young's. The Old Broad Street branch was the flagship: a modern, long and narrow bar near the Stock Exchange, easy to stray past, with an outside terrace overlooking a split-level patio whose walls were so high the sun never managed to find it. Nearly 70 wines on the list, fish cakes at £6.90, fresh crab salad at £12.95, open Monday to Friday only. Business-like by day; the place to sit on a summer's evening. Other City branches at 202 Bishopsgate EC2, 5 The Minories EC3, 1 St George's Lane EC3, Willy's Wine Bar at 107 Fenchurch Street EC3, and 2-3 Creed Lane EC4.
Ghost Hunter mode reveals 500+ closed and demolished pubs on the PINtPOINT radar — each one a room that once poured pints on that exact street corner.