60 Hope Street is set to reopen in 2025 as a ‘really cosy and perhaps elevated pub’
Liverpool city centre’s 60 Hope Street is set to reopen in the new year. The team behind Duke Streets’ PINS Social Club will transform the venue into a traditional pub called The Dog & Collar.
The team received the keys to 60 Hope Street in November and have already begun work on the renovations.
Directors David Scowcroft, Dan Gillbanks, and Dan Kelly, who joined the duo earlier this year to lead the expansion of the business portfolio, will diversify their offering with the Hope Street project before returning to their competitive socialising roots.
The trio have decided that The Dog & Collar will be a little more low-key, adding a classic public house to their roster of venues before turning their focus back to PINS and getting to work on a new site outside of the City later in the year.
“The fit-out is well under way. The initial plans and designs are befitting of the building, immediate area and historic location,” said Dan Gillbanks. “I’ve always imagined 60 Hope Street as a really cosy and perhaps elevated pub. I’ve lived in the area for a short while but even before then I had ideas and designs for how it might look and feel. I think a pub fits the building perfectly, we want to do it justice and treat it with the respect its history deserves.”
The building holds a lot of history, having first been occupied in 1820 as the residence of both a Music Lecturer at Liverpool University and a Piano Merchant. Later, 60 Hope Street became a private members club for chauffers to go and be upskilled.
Laid across three floors – an upper ground Taproom, the first floor Parlour and lower ground Tavern – the interiors will be reminiscent of Cheshire country pubs, as well as some of London’s recently revived and elevated watering holes. The venue’s name is a playful nod to the building's proximity to both the Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals, located at either end of Hope Street.
Opening early 2025 you can find more information on The Dog & Collar at www.dogandcollarpub.co.uk and on Instagram @dogandcollarpub. Bookings and enquiries can be made by emailing info@dogandcollarpub.co.uk.
The Dog & Collar, 60 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BZ
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