IT will be business as usual at popular Warrington town centre pub The Looking Glass, which was recently sold by Wetherspoons.
Mike Mason and James Glover, who already run a number of other successful town centre bars, have agreed to take on the lease at the Looking Glass, saying it will be “business as usual.”
They aim to complete the take over of running the premises, based in Buttermarket Street, by the end of March.
The pub, built on the site of the former Odeon Cinema and originally built as a Yates Wine Lodge, was one of two run by the Wetherspoon chain, along with The Friar Penketh on Barbauld Street.
Mike, who owns PJs, The Institution and Hop & Co and James who has the Hideout and Block One, recently teamed up to open the successful The Grand on Bridge Street and have now joined forces again to take over The Looking Glass.
Mike said: “The Looking Glass is a fantastic town centre pub and our aim is to carry on with business as usual. We are looking forward to working with the current staff and are delighted to add this to our existing portfolio of town centre premises.
“With all the ongoing changes in the town centre and the future proposed re-developments nearby, these are exciting times.”
Mike added that while things had been tough during lockdown, things were now getting back to normal.
