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• The White Hart is a newly opened pub (January 2024) in the Georgian Quarter, close to the Philharmonic Hall and Everyman Theatre

• It occupies a converted townhouse and features a Dickensian-style interior with dark wood, roaring fires, eclectic décor, taxidermy, and numerous nooks, crannies, and snugs for a cosy, traditional pub feel

• The pub has a large, ornately carved bar made from the back of a 19th-century church pew, and stripped-back wooden floors

• There are multiple rooms across three levels, plus a greenhouse-style conservatory that opens onto a beer garden, which contains a historic well dating from 1766

• The White Hart serves a superb range of cask ales—six cask lines at the main bar—with regular and changing beers from local breweries like Black Lodge and Neptune

• The food menu focuses on a rotating selection of Satterthwaites pies, widely praised as some of the best pork pies in the city

• The pub is wet-led (focused on drinks), but offers bar snacks and is known for being welcoming to a wide range of customers, from students to locals and visitors

• It is managed by the 1936 Pub Company, which also runs The Vines, The Red Lion, and The Queen of Hope Street

• The White Hart is linked via its beer garden to its sister pub, The Engineer, which can also be accessed from Arrad Street

• The pub is praised for its friendly staff, great atmosphere, reasonable prices, and as an excellent place to watch live sport on TV