The Holborn Whippet in its prime — Sicilian Avenue, with the bratwurst-and-fries room at the corner.
The Story
From the group behind Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes and The Euston Tap. Traded for over a decade on Grade II-listed Sicilian Avenue — two ground-floor bars, a basement pizza-and-games room, rotating small-brewery cask (Bristol Beer Factory, Oakham, Dark Star and the like), coal-grilled menu, and a flowjet pump system shared with Euston. The name referenced a 19th-century Bloomsbury habit: whippet racing followed by ale at a local brewery and a plate of coal-grilled meats.
Closed December 2020 — displaced by the £245m sale of the Holborn Links Estate rather than any failure of the pub itself. Signage came down the following May. A November 2024 tease of a four-times-larger 'Whippet 2.0' on High Holborn (29 beer lines, five casks, targeted April 2025) stalled. The lineage instead continues at The Whippet EC2, 76 Old Broad Street, opening May 2026.
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.
Closure and address verified against CAMRA’s pub database. Last-pour archive from the venue’s Untappd check-ins.