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Black Boy, Oxford

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Cask Ale
Opens at 9:00am
Operator: Leaseholder
91 Old High Street, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9HT (View on Google Map)
(01865) 741137
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Pub/restaurant/hotel.

This pub and restaurant was taken over by Everards in spring 2013 and has the main emphasis on food. A former basic Morrell’s pub and then Greene King; it retains a small bar area where you can have a drink and has cask ale again. There are 5 boutique bedrooms available. The present pub was built in 1937 in the back yard of the original pub dating from mid C17 and called the Black Boy since at least 1805, which was then demolished to widen the road. There was originally a painting of a black servant above the door which came from a coffee shop in Little Clarendon Street, at that time called Blackboy Lane. The rebuilt pub had a sculpted figure of a black or Moorish servant in a niche above the entrance. This was destroyed in 1990 and replaced by a painting of a sooty chimney-sweep's boy. That has also gone and now there is just an empty niche. Opens 9am for breakfast every day.

Information for this venue is provided by the Oxford Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Oxford District (B)
Last updated
Last surveyed
31/12/2019
Leasehold owner
Millen Inns Ltd
Freehold owner
Everards
Pub ID
OXF/H-3
Asset of Community Value
Monday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Tuesday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Wednesday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Thursday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Friday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Saturday
9:00am ‑ 11:00pm
Sunday
9:00am ‑ 10:00pm
Monday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:00pm
Tuesday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:00pm
Wednesday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:00pm
Thursday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:00pm
Friday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:30pm
Saturday
Noon ‑ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ‑ 8:30pm
Sunday
Noon ‑ 4:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 1 regular beer.

Regular and recently seen

Everards - Tiger TasteMatch Prediction

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Everards - Tiger
Everards - Tiger Session Bitter • 4.2%
Everards - Tiger
SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Everards - Tiger

This beer is served regularly at Black Boy, Oxford.

ABV 4.2%
Cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Brunswick - White Feather TasteMatch Prediction

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Brunswick - White Feather
Brunswick - White Feather Session Pale Ale • 3.6% Spotted twice
Brunswick - White Feather
SIBA Indie Beer Sold Here
Brunswick - White Feather

Spotted twice recently. Last spotted 6 days ago at Black Boy, Oxford.

ABV 3.6%
Style Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No
Changing

Changing beers typically include: Everards (seasonal)

Source: National

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Accommodation Accommodation
5 rooms posh B&B
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (500m)

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