Arkstar, Holloway

Oct 2024 - Noted today, the arch which was Arkstar is now Rua Coffee Bar, It looks to be just a cafe with no alcohol.

22/01/23 - shut and boarded up. It looked that way from the bus last night. Their website doesn't say anything, but Google them and it does say they are permanently closed.

We have been informed that cask beer is only sold on match days.

From Propel - "Antic is to open its latest pub in Holloway Road close to Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The pub will be housed in a railway arch, with a restaurant to follow in an adjacent arch in early 2019. Arkstar will take inspiration from the early years of the London Underground, with design features merging Victorian practicality (glass tiles) with sixties geometric prints and textures (wallpaper and seating). The pub will offer four real ales including Antic’s own Volden alongside a strong selection of keg products with local brewers taking prime position. Hammertown Brewery, Red Church and Moncada have been confirmed already, the company said. Arkstar takes its name from a combination of the words “arch” and Telstar – the hit sixties song written by record producer Joe Meek at a site across Holloway Road. Antic operates almost 50 pubs in London and its surrounds."