Red Lion Becomes Second Local Pub to Close in a Week
Edin and Barbara hand back keys saying it was impossible to continue
The Red Lion Pub. Picture: Google Streetview
January 13, 2023
The Red Lion Pub has become the second pub in the area run by Fuller’s to close its doors this week.
A notice has been placed on the door by Edin and Barbara who run the pub stating that as of this Thursday (12 January) the pub ‘will close the door’. Fuller's says that it hopes to have a new tenant in by the end of next month.
It goes on to say, “In the light of the soaring cost increases of energy and food/drinks, inflation and raising [sic] cost of living it made it impossible to continue trading. We will be handing over the lease back to Fuller’s. It has been an incredible 4.5 years of running this beautiful pub and be part of the community. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.”
The couple added that they tried their best to maintain the pub recognising its history and heritage and it was hard for them to part with something they became so emotionally attached to.
They added that the sincerely hoped and expected that the pub would reopen and become part of the community again. The popular pub, with a highly rated Italian food offering, near Ealing Studios seems an unlikely candidate for permanent closure.
Edin and Barbara say they were emotionally attached to historic venue
The Chiswick-based company announced earlier in the week that it was closing the Black Horse pub in Greenford due to poor trading but this move had been widely rumoured whereas the Red Lion closure comes as a shock.
The notice posted on the door of the pub
Commenting on what is described as a temporary closure of The Red Lion at Ealing, a spokesperson for Fuller, Smith & Turner said, “Our Tenant at The Red Lion has come to the end of his lease and decided not to renew. This gives us a good opportunity to make some improvements in the pub and we are going to be investing – especially in the kitchen. We expect to have the pub re-let shortly and anticipate that it will reopen with a new Tenant, and an exciting new offer, towards the end of February.”
Further closures of hospitality establishments are feared across London as many had remained open in the hope of a boost to revenues over Christmas and New Year but, in the event, trading is believed to have been disappointing due to people spending less due to the economic environment.
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