The old Scottish pub that found a new life in California

An old Scottish pub has been given a new life in the US, at the hi-tech headquarters of California health firm.

The Art Nouveau interior of St Mungo Vintners - with its dark wood, stained glass and brass fittings - was saved by an antiques dealer when the pub closed its doors in Glasgow in 1974.

It was shipped to the US where it gathered dust in a warehouse for years.

The bar and its fittings have now been bought by medical app firm GoodRx and used to build a "speakeasy" for staff.

California antiques dealer Mitchell Litt said St Mungo Vintners was "beautiful" when he first saw it on Glasgow's Queen Street in the 1970s.

26 August 2023

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