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Amber Knight with Charlotte Despard pub cat Legs.
- Credit: Amber Knight
An Islington pub is raising money to adapt to new coronavirus restrictions and secure its survival past the pandemic.
The Charlotte Despard, in Archway, was a wet-led pub prior to the pandemic, meaning it could not serve food.
After meeting its initial £15,000 crowdfunding target, it is planning to reopen on Tuesday (December 15) with a food menu so it can offer substantial meals and welcome back customers under lockdown guidelines.
Amber Knight, who has owned the pub with Chris Sparks for 11 years, said they set up the crowdfunder because “we sunk basically everything we had, the small business grant that we got in April, any savings, what we were going to spend on refurbishing the outside of the pub .