Cambridge & District CAMRA
Dates
- Autumn 1995
- Whitbread announced the Hogshead.
- Dec 1995
- Fresher & Firkin opened.
- Easter 1996
- More Pubs for the City?
- Jul 1996
- Hogshead opened.
- Aug 1996
- Trade in the Firkin dropped, customers having moved to the Hogshead.
- Nov 1996
- King Street Run review.
- Apr 1997
- Spade & Becket reopened as a Rat & Parrot.
- May 1997
- Residents successfully opposed the licence for a JD Wetherspoon opposite Drake's Cycles (Hills Rd).
- Jul 1997
- Bass apply for planning permission for Bar Coast.
- Aug 1997
- JD Wetherspoon start on The Regal.
- Mar 1998
- Bass opened Bar Coast.
- Apr 1998
- Bass announced plans for the
All Bar One.
- Baron of Beef conversion.
- S&N apply for planning permission for the Rat & Parrot II.
- Summer 1998
- Rat & Parrot II applied for a licence.
- Sep 1998
- Bass opened the All Bar One opened.
- Nov 1998
- On The Circuit - J.D. Wetherspoon, St. Andrew's Street and Community Pubs.
- All Bar One review.
- The Cambridge Rattle & Hum.
- Dec 1998
- Work on The Regal resumed.
- May 1999
- Firm plans for the Rat & Parrot II.
- Jul 1999
- Starbucks, Market Hill, opened.
- Aug 1999
- R&P II building under way.
- Starbucks, Quayside, opened.
- Sep 1999
- The Regal opened.
- Oct 1999
- McMullens to convert old Arts Cinema.
- Dec 1999
- Rat & Parrot II opened.
7,050 sq.ft. on 3 floors.
The fate of the older Rat & Parrot behind Quayside isn't clear yet.
- Aug 2000
- Fresher & Firkin closed for conversion to a Bass It's A Scream student theme bar.
- McMullens applied for planning permission for the former Arts Cinema site.
- 4th Starbucks opened (Fitzroy St.) - showing the influence of brands these days.
- Summer/Autumn 2000
- Bar Coast renamed Quay Bar.
- (The 1st Starbucks in Waterstones, Bridge St., branded as its Seattle Coffee Co. subsidiary,
was replaced by another coffee franchise. This Waterstones then closed around June 2001.)
- Sep 2000
- Greene King's major refurbishment of the Castle, next door to the Regal, completed.
- Charles Wells tried to join in by revamping the Ancient Druids (Napier Street) into Bar Citrus.
- Oct 2000
- Bass reopened the Fresher and Firkin as The Graduate.
- Jun 2001
- Parisa Cafe Bar and Borders (including the 5th Starbucks) opened.
- Oct 2001
- Cambridge Pub Co. converting former Pierre Victoire restaurant.
- The Mitre was refurbished in the trendy style.
Cambridge & District CAMRA