The Alhambra Inn.
31 Waterloo Street, Glasgow. G2 6BZ.
Alhambra Inn. 1991.
The Alhambra Inn has been a landmark in the city centre for many years. After the Second World War this was a confectioners run by Mrs Helen Persichini. In the 1950s Louis Evaristi was trading here known as the Alhambra Vintry wine merchants. In 1970 a full public house licence was granted to Mr Evaristi. This pub has changed its name now to Rabbie Burns and the last time I walked by the pub was closed down. During the 1980s the Alhambra Inn was a popular bar, upstairs held many private functions and office parties.
Rabbie Burns Tavern as it is now called will never be opened as a pub again, the owners Creevy LLH has sold the pub to a private investor for over £625,000. It is destined for mixed retail. With the increasing accessibility requirements of the Disability Discrimination Legislation and the desire for open plan pubs, the pub is no longer suited for a public house.
Sadly the pub was demolished 2006. A new office block of flats will probably take it's place.
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