Bar
Tolbooth Tavern
12 locals recommend,
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Christine
July 10, 2020
The tower of the tolbooth was built in 1591, and the block to the east of it at that time or slightly after, by Sir Lewis Bellenden, baron of Broughton and feudal superior of the burgh of Canongate and Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland.[1][2] It was the courthouse, burgh jail and meeting place of the town council.[1] In 1875 the City Architect, Robert Morham, extensively restored and remodelled the exterior. Internally the first and attic floors were combined to make a single floor, now The People's Story Museum.[3][4]
The tower of the tolbooth was built in 1591, and the block to the east of it at that time or slightly after, by Sir Lewis Bellenden, baron of Broughton and feudal superior of the burgh of Canongate and Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland.[1][2] It was the courthouse, burgh jail and meeting place of the t…
José Miguel
March 21, 2016
Good beer and the best pub quiz in Edinburgh.
F V
September 19, 2018
Kareoke bar friday and saturday nights.
William
August 23, 2017
Atmospheric pub, in a reputedly haunted 16th-century building, with wall lamps and framed pictures.
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167 Canongate
Edinburgh, Scotland