A Liverpool music venue which has been closed for just under 30 years is set to reopen following an extensive restoration project.

Tom Hall’s Tavern, located in the Bentley Building on the corner of Brunswick Street and The Strand, will bring a stylish bar and eatery which will host live music.

Named after Liverpool’s first competitive boxer, Tom Hall, who competed between 1926 and 1929, Tom Hall’s Tavern was originally open between the 1950s and 1980s.

C&G Holdings Ltd has acquired a 35-year lease for the building and has spent £400,000 restoring some of the original venue’s stand-out features including an authentic North American maple sprung dancefloor, first installed in the 1950s.

Over 25 new jobs will be created when the bar reopens next week following a seven-month refurbishment and aims to host both local and national musicians who will preform on a specially created staging area.

Liam Hincks, company spokesperson of C&G Holdings Ltd, says: “Acquiring the lease on such an historic venue will allow us to add to the existing and exciting regeneration of Liverpool’s iconic waterfront.

“We felt that it was the perfect time to breathe life back into an historic venue to complement the redevelopment of this area of the city.

“Many local people will remember frequenting Tom Hall’s in their younger years and I’m really looking forward to bringing such a well-loved entertainment venue back into Liverpool’s night life mix.”

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