Lost pub · Abbey Street
Fats
- Gone
- Closed June 2013
- There now
- Amato's, an Italian restaurant
- Address
- 48 Abbey Street
- Where exactly
- On Abbey Street. The exact spot isn't known, so the pin marks the street, not the building.
It opened as Fat Fingers and shortened itself to Fats, which is the name most people remember. It stood in a handsome converted house at 48 Abbey Street, behind the Cathedral and in the best-looking part of the city, and in the early 2000s it was where the cool crowd went. It was run by John Van Lierop, who had a hand in a good many of the trendier Carlisle bars over the years. It closed in June 2013. The building is Amato's now, and the interior is said to be much as it was, so it is one of the very few places on this list you can still stand inside.
Sources 2
- cumbria.ac.uk
- CARLISLE_PUBS_Ver_3.xls (Mike Tuer's pub database)
26 other lost pubs stood within 250 m of here. See them on the map