What Happened to the Cove Bar – Part 2
Published: Jun 25th, 2011 |
An early morning stroll across Covent Garden, an open door and accommodating staff enabled me to get this set of pictures. They show the new patisserie called La Duree which is sited on the north-western corner of the main Covent Garden market building. Recently opened, the smell of fresh paint is still in the air – too early even for coffee.
Of course some of you may recognise that these pictures show what became of the Cove Bar – London’s only cornish pub which closed at the beginning of 2011 – see So Farewell to the Cove Bar in Covent Garden for my sparse collection of photos from the Cove. The transformation is significant – gone is the plain wood and the cosy rustic charm. Also gone is the old bar formed from a part of a real fishing boat.
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- La Duree, Covent Garden - the entrance and the balcony. Used to be a great view if you were looking forward to a pint of Skinners Cornish Knocker.
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- The entrance of La Duree - note the staircase inside to the right leading up to the first floor.
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- The serving counter upstairs - where the original fishing boat bar was. No cornish beers available now I'm afraid.
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- The seating area nearest the 'bar' at La Duree. It's so much lighter inside.
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- Whoa! - the second seating area from the 'bar' is really transformed. The little linking door between the two seating areas has been blocked up
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- Out on the balcony at La Duree - looking towards St Pauls Church
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- On the balcony at La Duree looking towards the main market building
I’d like to thank the staff of La Duree who were happy for me to take these pictures even if they weren’t really sure why. I even tried to describe what the Cove was like since the French staff had never experienced its previous incarnation.
See also my original pub review of the Cove Bar and Cornish Beer in Covent Garden from 2009.
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