A Nottingham bar is hoping to reopen its doors tonight (Friday, February 10) - but it won't quite be business as usual. Drinkers visiting Brass Monkey will have to go upstairs to the first floor where they will be served drinks at their tables because the usual bar is out of action.
Repairs to flooring behind the bar turned into a substantially bigger job than expected, forcing Brass Monkey to close for the last three nights. Although not fully back to normal, it will be trading again this evening.
Liam O'Brien, a partner at the Lace Market venue - one of Nottingham's oldest independent bars - said: "It's been a horrible inconvenience and an absolute horror show. As someone who likes to see the positives in the negatives it's given me the opportunity to put right any bad work from previously. Sometimes you do these repairs and it gives you an extra three or five years, now I have bought myself 20."
