Plonk

Status: Closed
Address: 177 Hoxton Street, N1 6PJ (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Hackney
Former name(s): Number 177
Made in the Shade
Bacchus Pub and Kitchen
Bacchus
Former address: 161 Hoxton Old Town (1861)
[also listed as 161 Hoxton High Street, Hoxton Old Town (or 161 High Street) (1856) and as 160 Hoxton Old Town (1851)]
Historical parish: Shoreditch
Dates open: by 1789-2025
Owner: Enterprise Inns (former)
Watney Combe Reid (former)
Notes: Renamed as "Made in the Shade" in 2014, as "Number 177" in 2017, and as "Plonk" in c2019. Before becoming "Plonk", CAMRA lists it as the "Little Mermaid Cocktail Experience" event venue, but this may have been a temporary thing. Now a shop.
Photo taken in December 2025
Sources: Open date: Archives
Renaming: Tris C (e-mail)/CAMRA
Owner: CAMRA North London Beer Guide/CAMRA
London Drinker WP4/WP19/WP39/WP40
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Bacchus")
References: 2013/06
MS 11936/361/559391 (as "Bacchus Coffee House")
MS 11936/440/806689
MS 11936/484/972439
MS 11936/500/1037620 (as "Bacchus Coffee House")
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