Liverpool’s ‘smallest pub’ to reopen with new owners this week

Liverpool’s ‘smallest pub’ will reopen tomorrow under new owners.

The father and son behind micropub Cask on Queens Drive in Stoneycroft will open Cask Coach House on Maryland Street on Friday (May 26). Eric and Patrick Mills acquired the pub earlier this year, having looked for a second establishment for some time.

Previously known as Hard Times & Misery, The Coach House has a capacity of just 35 people and is unofficially classed as the city’s smallest pub. Eric and Patrick have worked to revamp the pub and put their own stamp on it.

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In April, Patrick told the ECHO: “We stumbled across The Coach House, which the lads from Angus on Dale Street had. It didn’t fit in with their business plan moving forward and their way of operating.

“It is unofficially recognised as Liverpool’s smallest public house. We hope we could get that as an official title or have a look at measuring up.”

He added: “With our pricing structure, we’ll move that exact same one over to the city centre site. Just because we’re in the city centre, we’re not going to try to exploit that fact.

“We will lean heavily into being the smallest pub in Liverpool. Micropubs is what we do.”

Eric and Patrick have run their Stoneycroft venue since 2020. With a focus on real ale from across the North, the pub has garnered a committed band of regulars.

Patrick said: “My passion behind it was building the community aspect back into the pub. I used to drink in The Bard in Prescot and that’s what got me into the world of real ale.

“We try to stay as Northern as possible with the beer. We do deal with Liverpool breweries, we’ve got Top Rope and Carnival in, things like that.

“And we do try to work with the surrounding areas – Manchester, Lancashire beer. We deal a lot with Tatton Brewery, Mobberley in Knutsford – they’re a fantastic brewery with really high quality beer. We go as far as Wigan, we try to stay fairly local but try to spread our support for wonderful beer across the North.

“The idea is that we are offering a different experience on the beer pumps as well as the customer base that we have in. We have characters of all sorts and beers of all sorts.”

The same ethos will be brought to their city centre pub, starting on Friday. It will open at 3pm.

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