The Definitive Guide to the History of
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Drinking in an Old English Town

Bar Zest, 21b Cross Cheaping

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1967	1989	MERCIA
	1989	1993	NOBBY'S BAR
	1993	1995	CASK AND BOTTLE
	1999	2002	BAR ZEST
	?	?	OZ
After the ALHAMBRA had to be demolished due to the Phoenix Initiative, licensee Patrick Loughron was granted permission in December 1999 to open a new bar named ZEST on the premises formerly occupied by the CASK AND BOTTLE, which had closed since an arson attack in June 1995. In mid-2001 Patrick Loughron was threatened with a fine for playing hits without a music licence, and the licensee was in trouble once again following a shooting at the bar on 31st October 2002. On the 15th July 2005 Loughron was sadly discovered drowned in the canal at Foleshill, although it appeared not to be connected with the shooting.
LICENSEES: 1999 - 2002 Patrick Loughron