ESCAPE bar in Coventry’s city centre will be opening its doors again tomorrow, three months after they suddenly closed.
The award-winning venue, in Hales Street, closed unexpectedly in July and bailiffs were called in after the owners fell into financial difficulties.
A new management group has taken over the running of the leased venue, which forms part of the Old Fire Station complex, off Millennium Place.
Troy Linehan, who was the bar’s general manager before it closed, returns as the venue’s co-manager.
He said: “Escape bar was really popular and everyone was surprised to see it close, so it will be nice to get it back up and running again.
“There won’t be any major changes to how it used to be.
“The only difference is the new management.
“It will still be all about the bands and live music. It will be like going back in time and it never closed.
“If anything, the bar will go up a gear with more entertainment.”
Mr Linehan will share the managerial responsibility with Liz Wilson-King, former manager of The Cottage, in Earlsdon.
When the bar ceased trading, bailiffs posted a notice on the door to inform the owners they entered the premises on behalf of the landlord. The bar’s unexpected closure came as a shock to city revellers, but the previous owners admitted the bar was too costly to run.
Mr Linehan is certain Escape will be a success.
He said: “I am very confident it will work because of the amount of people who demanded it was reopened.
“There’s been huge support for it and an online petition.
“We’re in the lead-up to the festive season and hopefully Escape will be everyone’s first point of call again when they’re on a night out in the city centre.”
Escape, which opened in the Old Fire Station in 2006, was named best bar in Coventry in the Best Bar None awards 2007.
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