The Intrepid Fox
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The Intrepid Fox was a pub at 97–99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, established in 1784 by the publican Samuel House, who named it after the prominent British Whig statesman Charles James Fox.[1] The pub was located on the corner of Wardour Street and Peter Street.
During the general election of 1784, House provided free drink to the public.[2]
More recently, it was a goth pub which also hosted heavy metal gigs.[3] It closed in 2006, when the owner Mitchells & Butlers sold the building to property developers.[1][4]
It is rumoured that Mick Jagger poached a young Ronnie Wood from Rod Stewart’s band in a corner of the pub.
The Wardour Street building it formerly occupied is clad in faience, including a faience relief of Charles James Fox.[5] As of 2017[update], the premises were in use as a branch of the Byron hamburger chain.
Successor venues
[edit | edit source]Later in 2006, the former Intrepid Fox management team opened a new venue of the same name, near Centre Point.[6] The Guardian reported the new venue's imminent closure in 2014.[3]
Following the closure of this venue, a third incarnation of the Intrepid Fox was opened at the Archway Tavern later in 2014.[7]
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External links
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| image icon Photograph of The Intrepid Fox in 1911 |
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- The Intrepid Fox: entry at pubshistory.com
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