EDT - Under Refurbishment

[Sue]

On 13/02/2025 at 16:35, PickledPorcupine said:

Yes i always assumed it was a freehold. I wouldnt blame him if he just wants to retire now being at the mercy of that crowd. 

A friend who lives in the next road says the word on the street is that a young Irish family is  taking over the Blythe.

But also, some local (to the pub!) people were looking into the possibility of it becoming a community owned pub, which would have been nice.

Who knows. Wait and see, eh. Fingers crossed and hope it doesn't change too much 😭 There aren't many pubs like the Blythe left 😭

Edited February 14 by Sue

[Sephiroth]

Can’t see stonegate accepting an offer from community group.  Would love to be wrong 

if a young Irish family are going to take it over then good luck to them.  You need to be a canny operator (and Con was definitely that) to handle the hoops stonegate throw at you 

[Azalea]

I used to go to the Sylvan Post pub in Forest Hill before Covid but haven’t been since. I wonder how much it’s changed, if at all.

[CPR Dave]

Used to be owned by the same private equity group as the EDT I think.

[Azalea]

2 hours ago, CPR Dave said:

Used to be owned by the same private equity group as the EDT I think.

The Sylvan Post?

[Cyclemonkey]

It's now owned by the Portobello group and is still pretty decent.

[NewWave]

5 hours ago, Azalea said:

I used to go to the Sylvan Post pub in Forest Hill before Covid but haven’t been since. I wonder how much it’s changed, if at all.

@Azalea Sylvan post is the same,,and pretty busy.

Same interior still serves food nothing has changed.

[malumbu]

Changed ownership to Portobello from Antic, not sure when.  Not a bad move bearing in mind Antic's opaque operations and shady accounts  Food a bit too greasy.  Otherwise fine.

 

[CPR Dave]

Zetland Capital, a PE house with more than $1.5bn under management, owns a significant stake in Portobello.

https://www.zetlandcapital.com/insights/portobello-starboard/

 

There was different private equity firm behind the EDT before Antic I think. 

[Insuflo]

The Sylvan Post is quite grown up friendly until about 4pm. After that it’s strictly kids only. 

[malumbu]

Portabello are an independent business that operate 18 pubs https://portobellopubco.com/our-story/

Not sure how this squares with Zetland Capital, who claim to operate the pub.  Perhaps someone can explain.

[NewWave]

4 hours ago, Insuflo said:

The Sylvan Post is quite grown up friendly until about 4pm. After that it’s strictly kids only. 

I avoid daytime at weekends lots of families and children but kids in the evenings? We often go with our neighbours and we are all 50+..

[CPR Dave]

The link I have already posted explains everything Malumbu. Click it and read it again if you are still confused.

"Portobello Starboard is an acquisition platform backed by Zetland . Since launch in late 2021, Portobello Starboard has owned and operated a group of 18 freehold pubs located across the country and seeks to grow further."

[I hammer]

On 17/02/2025 at 16:04, Insuflo said:

The Sylvan Post is quite grown up friendly until about 4pm. After that it’s strictly kids only. 

When you refer to kids, do you mean trendy young adults?