The Market Lane, Newcastle is being transformed into a festive pop-up bar in the run up to Christmas.
Christmas on Pilgrim Street, at The Market Lane will open on November 11 at the venue – which has been a part of Newcastle’s nightlife for more than 150 years.
Originally called the Old Market Lane Hotel, the pub – which can trace its history back to around 1850 – was a popular watering hole for the Irish bricklayers who helped build much of Victorian Newcastle. The brickies would leave their hods, or monkeys, in the passageway as security against their bar bill – giving the venue its nickname – The Monkey Bar.
Decorations will be provided by The Christmas Decorators – which counts the Royal Family, and Steven Spielberg and Mariah Carey among its clients – while a new menu of festive cocktails includes The Grinch Who Got Mortal – a blend of El Jimador tequila, Wray & Nephew and Midori with apple and lime juice, sugar and lemonade; and It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – with Tanqueray gin, glitter citric acid, sugar and lemonade syrups and penguin or polar bear-shaped ice cubes.
For more information, including opening times, visit www.malhotragroup.co.uk
