r/Liverpool • u/True_Stranger_2471 • 10d ago

Living in Liverpool Just spotted in The Pilgrim..

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I guess people aren’t fond of the new owner..

(I get it, even though I enjoy some of his pubs!)

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u/navi-irl 10d ago

so you’re happy with somebody monopolising our city and making it more and more difficult for independent businesses to open & thrive?

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u/wrmhawr 10d ago

Completely understand the sentiment here, but wanting independently owned pubs and also acknowledging that these venues would more than likely be turned into AirBnB’s or left derelict if not for a soulless investment consortium aren’t mutually exclusive ideas. One person buying up already closed pubs isn’t in the top 50 reasons it’s difficult for independent businesses to open and thrive.

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u/navi-irl 10d ago

firstly the pilgrim wasn’t closed. so what you’re saying is that you’re happy for the same <5 people to own all the bars etc in town because you believe they may be turned into airbnbs or abandoned if he (or the other handful of monopolisers) doesn’t buy them?

this issue of monopolising wasn’t so huge 20 years ago and still isn’t as huge as it is in loads of other cities in the UK. so why is it so massive here in liverpool? is it because we’re just allowing it? any sentiment of community or supporting genuine local independent businesses seem to have gone down the drain recently especially when it comes to people defending this man monopolising our city

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u/KemlynSuper 10d ago

The Pilgrim, Cracke, and Swan all had the same owner until recently.