Mr Fogg's Botanical Tavern

Status: Open
Address: 48 Newman Street, W1T 1QQ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of Westminster
Former name(s): Mr Fogg's House of Botanicals
Newman Street Tavern
Cambridge Arms
Cambridge Stores
Oxford and Cambridge [same site]
Garrick's Head
Historical parish: Marylebone
Dates open: 1780-2006, 2012-c2016, 2018-
rebuilt 1899
Owner: Inception Group (former)
Ping Pong (former)
Punch Taverns [Spirit Group] (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Renamed as the "Oxford and Cambridge" in 1789, as the "Cambridge Stores" in 1811, as the "Newman Street Tavern" in 2012, as "Dickie Fitz" (a restaurant) in c2016, as "Mr Fogg's House of Botanicals" in 2018, and as "Mr Fogg's Botanical Tavern" in 2024. It was primarily a restaurant as "Newman Street Tavern", and before and after that was just a restaurant. The directories list it as the "Cambridge coffee house" in 1841 and 1856, so it may not have fully been a pub for a period.
Photo taken in July 2025
Sources: Open date/Reopen date: CAMRA
Close date: Beer in the Evening/EM
Renaming: EM
London Drinker U228/WP18/WP28
PO 1841 (as "Cambridge coffeehouse")/1856 (as "Cambridge coffee house")/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Cambridge Stores")
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