Work has begun on the stunning new "party pub" which is set to open in Cardiff city centre later this year. The former Brains-owned Yard Bar & Kitchen in St Mary Street is being converted into a Proud Mary Pub with the new venue offering live music and sporting action as well as a range of food and drink options.
The pub chain is owned by European nightlife group Rekom who are behind brands like Pryzm and Steinbeck & Shaw and recently helped bring Heidi's Bier Bar to Cardiff. While there are already branches in Denmark, Finland, and Norway the new pub will be the first Proud Mary branch to open in the UK.
It will replace the popular Brains pub which has been a long-standing fixture on the bustling city centre street, forming part of the capital's Brewery Quarter. Hoarding emblazoned with the Proud Mary logo has now been erected outside the former Yard site with a promise that venue is 'opening soon'.
