Central Restaurant

Status: Closed
Address: 5 Ballards Lane, N3 1UX (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Barnet
Former name(s): La Gogu
Sun and Sea
Coconut Tree
Central
Ferret and Trouser Leg
Minstrel
Railway Hotel [same site]
Former address: [also listed as 1 Ballards Lane]
8 Albert Terrace, Ballards Lane (1926)
Historical parish: Finchley
Dates open: by 1871-2013
rebuilt c1962
Owner: Courage (former)
Notes: Renamed as the "Central" in c2002, as the "Coconut Tree" in 2008, as "La Gogu" in 2010, and as "Central Restaurant" in 2012. Now just a restaurant.
Photo taken in January 2019
Sources: Open date/Rebuilding: Pub Wiki
Close date: WhatPub
Renaming: Beer in the Evening/London Drinker U232
Owner: CAMRA North London Beer Guide
OS 1896/1968
PO 1937 (as "Railway Hotel")
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