Redcoat Tavern

In 1972 Redcoat Tavern was conceived as something that at the time was entirely novel: a casual tavern (or pub) that took a serious, detailed approach to the quality of its food and beverage offerings with a menu that reflected the distinct personality and soul of the restaurant. An establishment liberated from both culinary structures and fads, where simpler foods would be celebrated, where comfort and informality would not have to mean mediocrity. Some decades later this concept caught on, starting in and around London, eventually coming to be called a ‘gastro-pub’. And gastropub, or perhaps ‘gastro-tavern’, is indeed a fitting moniker to describe what we have been doin for 50 years.