City gastropub closes owing more than £1.4m

POPULAR Newcastle gastropub The Earl of Pitt Street ceased trading owing more than £1.4m, documents have shown.

- COREENA FORD Business writer [e-mail]

The bar and restaurant suddenly closed its doors last month after more than 10 years of dishing up exciting food, wines and beers in a warm atmosphere, earning it the title of the best place to go for Sunday dinner in the city on the Journal’s sister website ChronicleLive.

It had initially put up messages on its website saying it was “closed until further notice”, but owner Mark Lagun later confirmed the venue’s closure, highlighting a delayed Covid recovery amongst factors contributing to its demise.

Liquidators at Leonard Curtis have now been appointed to the firm behind the business, Electric East Ltd, and documents filed at companies house show it had total deficiency of £1.478m.