Roadtrip Bar

Status: Open
Address: 243 Old Street, EC1V 9EY (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Hackney
Former name(s): Bar Ria
Bar 170
Crosby Head
Crosby's Head [same site]
Former address: 1-3 Pitfield Street (1944/1882)
38 Pitfield Street (1851)
Historical parish: Shoreditch
Dates open: by 1772-
rebuilt 1983
Owner: Ei Group
Truman Hanbury Buxton (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Renamed as "Bar Ria" in 2005, and as "Roadtrip Bar" in 2009.
Photo taken in August 2009
Sources: Open date: Archives
Renaming/Owner: WhatPub
PO 1839 (as "Crosby's Head")/1841 (as "Crosby's Head")/1856 (as "Shakespeare's Head")/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Crosby Head" except where noted)
References: B/THB/D/069 (as "Crosby Head")
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