Locals are delighted that an ancient and much loved pub is to reopen after six months’ closure.
The Green Man in Hinton Road, Hurst, is being taken over by Wes and Victoria Tunstead.
They will run it along with their existing pub, The Dog and Duck at Emmbrook, Wokingham, and it will be managed by Emily Carney.
On Tuesday, busy in the Hurst pub, Victoria said: “We’re hoping to open by mid-March. At the moment we’re cleaning and preparing so people will be able to enjoy their beautiful pub again.”
She and Emily were adding a warm glow to part of the restaurant area, putting up strings of lights.
“We have appointed a head chef who is ready to start. At first we will be opening for drinks and then for food when some work on the kitchen is done,” added Victoria.
“It will be really good quality pub food with a bit of a twist. There’ll be all the pub favourites like fish and chips and bangers and mash.
“We will be employing a manager but Wes, Emily who is our general manager, or I will be here nearly all the time. We’ve had many messages from people pleased to see the pub reopening. One said: ‘We can’t wait’.”
The Green Man has a new Facebook page. Its new A board sign, on the route of the recent Wokingham Half Marathon and bearing the reopening news, was seen by thousands of passing runners.
