The Square Bottle

This Wetherspoon pub is located in the centre of Chester, just outside the city walls on Foregate Street. The treasure trove of finds unearthed at the Foregate Street site included a rare blue bowl, made of glass, measuring eight inches across at the rim. Two square bottles, with reeded handles, and several flasks were also discovered. A large and well-used bronze key was probably the most notable of the smaller finds.

Project details

Client

JD Wetherspoon

Location

Chester

Status

Completed

The Square Bottle is in a good location in Chester, with strong footfall but did not work well operationally. It had a very long bar and customers had to walk to the far end to get served. The challenge to the venue design specialists was to reconfigure what was already there to improve food and beer sales without alienating the existing customers.

DV Architects upgraded the existing bar and extended it to curve around to join a new open gantry food area to promote the restaurant. The new extension enables customers to get served quicker and the open gantry promotes dining, as customers entering the pub now see through to a pristine tiled area where crockery rests under heat lamps.

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