A historic Kentish Town pub has been sold to an award-winning pub group, which says it is delighted to have acquired it.
Remarkable Pub Group inked the deal to buy The Pineapple in Kentish Town on October 18 — just months after snapping up The Lord Palmerston in nearby Dartmouth Park.
The Leverton Street watering hole brings the group’s total number of pubs to 18.
It includes their original pub The Prince George in London Fields which they bought in 1985, The Boleyn Tavern in West Ham, and The Rosemary Branch in Islington.
Built in 1868, The Pineapple has kept its original name and the Grade II listed pub has kept much of its original fittings and motifs of pineapples above the outside windows.
Remarkable Pubs founder and chairman Robert Thomas earned an award last year from the London Campaign for Real Ale for his major impact on pubs in the capital.
And The Leyton and The European in East London both won for their refurbishments at the CAMRA Pub Design Awards 2026, held in conjunction with Historic England.
Mr Thomas has previously cited “real ales, and a traditional London pub experience” among the qualities he likes to offer his punters.
He said of his latest purchase: “It is a jewel — very similar to our The Prince George in E8 which was our first pub. The Pineapple is a unique back street unspoilt Victorian London neighbourhood pub and we are delighted to have had the opportunity to acquire it.”
He added: “What could be more satisfying for a patron on a wintry day to waft through a curtained front door and be confronted with a fabulous ornate back bar, high ceilings, blazing fires, bags of patina and enjoy a warming bibulous afternoon together with great ales, wines and food?”
It is the latest change for London’s pubs, following the £2.7 million Wetherspoons pub opening at Piccadilly Circus next week, while a health club in Orpington has received a £128,000 upgrade.
