Moleface lines up next site

Moleface Pub Company, the Midlands-based gastro-pub operator, has snapped up its second pub, the Lord Nelson, an Enterprise leasehold in Burton Joyce, just outside Nottingham.

A four-week refit is planned for the Lord Nelson, with £150,000 budgeted. The new pub follows the successful launch of the Larwood and Voce, a site close to the Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham last year.

"We're be taking some ideas from the Larwood, but adding some new ones,"​ said founder John Molnar.

"The client base is a lot older, plus there is no world- famous sporting venue backed onto it, so we'll have to think of other things to get people through the door."

The food offer will be slightly different — with a large area of land there, he

is looking at growing some vegetables and herbs on site.

"We are also possibly going to be building our own smokehouse, for smoking salmon,"​ he adds.

"Of course, that can be sold at the Larwood as well, which will help raise the profile of both pubs."​