page_title: Pillars of Hercules, Soho
hierarchical_section_title: Pillars of Hercules, Soho
caption_attribution_description: A nice place with good beers, but very small and gets busy. Address: 7 Greek Street. Owner: Faucet Inn Pub Co (website); T&amp;J Bernard (former); Younger's (former). Links: Randomness Guide to London Fancyapint Beer in the Evening
context_page_description: Bar Hercules, historically the Pillars of Hercules, is a pub in Greek Street, Soho, London. Most of what exists was built around 1910, but the pub dates back to 1733. The road at the side of the pub through the arch is named Manette Street, after Dr Manette, one of the characters from A Tale Of Two Cities, who is described in the book as living near Soho Square.
  More recently, the pub has been favoured by many figures from the London literary scene, including Martin Amis, Ian Hamilton, Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan. Clive James named his second book of literary criticism after it, apparently because that was where most of the pieces within it were commissioned, delivered or written. Singer Nick Drake is also said to have frequented the pub during his time in London.
  The pub closed on 24 February 2018, reopening later in the year as Bar Hercules under new owners Be At One.
context_section_description: Bar Hercules, historically the Pillars of Hercules, is a pub in Greek Street, Soho, London. Most of what exists was built around 1910, but the pub dates back to 1733. The road at the side of the pub through the arch is named Manette Street, after Dr Manette, one of the characters from A Tale Of Two Cities, who is described in the book as living near Soho Square.
  More recently, the pub has been favoured by many figures from the London literary scene, including Martin Amis, Ian Hamilton, Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan. Clive James named his second book of literary criticism (At the Pillars of Hercules) after it, apparently because that was where most of the pieces within it were commissioned, delivered or written. Singer Nick Drake is also said to have frequented the pub during his time in London.
  The pub closed on 24 February 2018, reopening later in the year as Bar Hercules under new owners Be At One.
caption: The pub in 2008
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