{"id":9103,"date":"2024-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instituteoflicensing.org\/news_archive\/2024\/06\/08\/mackinnnons-in-the-gallowgate-closes-after-37-years\/"},"modified":"2024-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"mackinnnons-in-the-gallowgate-closes-after-37-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instituteoflicensing.org\/news_archive\/mackinnnons-in-the-gallowgate-closes-after-37-years\/","title":{"rendered":"MacKinnnon’s in the Gallowgate closes after 37 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Glasgow pub known for its “rare” licence to sell alcohol at 08:00 has closed after 37 years. MacKinnnon’s in the Gallowgate closed at the end of May with the owners citing health reasons.<\/p>\n

Its early morning licence allowed patrons to buy a pint with breakfast earlier than 11:00-00:00, the standard licensing hours for pubs in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

The BBC reported that the owner Margo Ross posted on social media:<\/p>\n

“We are hanging up our aprons and throwing our sketchers in the bin. It’s been a really really difficult decision.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s been an (sic) lifetime for us behind that bar. We have worked, sang, laughed, smiled, cried and hugged with so, so many fabulous friends. But it’s time to go.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The memories are in our hearts forever. We want to thank everyone for their friendship and loyalty to our wee business throughout the years.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council said that, at most, one or two pubs in the city still have a drinks licence earlier than standard licensing laws allow.<\/p>\n

The early licences were a legacy of older legislation, and operators retained the right to sell alcohol in the morning as the system moved on to the 2005 licensing act.<\/p>\n

But early licences have not been issued in Glasgow since new laws came in, in 2009.<\/p>\n

Several pubs in the city centre were recently granted licences which allowed them to extend their opening hours until 01:00 in an effort to stagger late night crowds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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