The Tooth & Claw on Baron Taylor’s Street, better known to generations of Invernessians as The Eagle Bar, was the 2016 prize-winner in the Performing Rights Society’s annual Music Makeover competition.
It was one of 230 entries across the UK, and of the six shortlisted, the only one outwith the South of England, and won the £10,000 prize.
Unfortunately the venue was closed down due to noise complaints, but the prize money was wisely invested to improve the soundproofing on what was the upstairs bar, and was re-opened as "Tooth & Claw".
The Tooth & Claw does not sell real ale (yet) but is included so as to include all the licensed premises in the Highlands & Western Isles Branch Area.
Tooth & Claw, Inverness