Liverpool Pub Crawl - The Dog & Collar

This pub was originally a Georgian townhouse which was built and first occupied in 1820 and originally had a long, landscaped, walled rear garden siding onto Rice Street on the right. It has musical heritage, having been the residence of both a Music Lecturer at Liverpool University and a Piano Merchant. Originally it would have been the single occupancy house of a wealthy merchant class family with servants. By the late Victorian period it is listed as the premises of 'John Bond, Piano Makers'. In 1898 it opened as a Conservative Working Men's Club.

Later, in 1935 it was turned into The Chauffeurs' Club, a private members club for chauffer's to go and be upskilled and where the drivers would socialize as their wealthy employers fulfilled evening engagements.
In the basement in later years, in the 1970s and 1980s, the former servants' quarters provided bars, a dance floor and DJ station booming away with loud bass, hot and sweaty, with the club known for its lively atmosphere. The club was also home to a thriving Latin dance scene but after decades in business, it was announced in September 1998 that Chauffeurs would close its doors for good at the end of that month.

The building, which is now Grade II listed, was then home to a 60 Hope Street restaurant for more than 20 years offering high-class dining, described by some as fitting for London rather than Liverpool. Indeed the ECHO reported in July 1999 how 60 Hope Street, opened by the Manning brothers, was already "one of the places" to eat in Liverpool until the venue closed its doors in 2021. It then became a Turkish restaurant, Elite 60, and then following a brief spell as Liu Shi, an Asian fusion restaurant, the historic 200 year old building opened up as a pub named The Dog and Collar in 2025. 

The pub's name is a nod to the building's proximity to both the Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals, located at either end of Hope Street. The new owners have aimed to respectfully add their own piece of history to this loved building offering customers an "elevated dining experience" inside a first floor dining room. The top floor of the building acts as a taproom while the basement of the historic building acts as a 'tavern', with the interiors of each floor inspired by the owners' travels to various pubs in London, Cheshire and New York and they have Higson’s bitter, brewed by Lovelane Brewery. 

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