Sat on Ferry Road was a pub that couldn’t recover from covid, though had been a gathering place for locals for many years.
The Doo’Cot, a ‘30s style public house, was popular with locals for decades due its ‘family’ atmosphere - though many considered the watering hole to be the right pub, situated in the wrong place. Their competitive prices and traditional décor were attractive, and lack of TVs or jukeboxes kept the ‘Sunday with the kids’ feeling going.
Sadly, it wasn’t enough for the people of Drylaw and owner Ian Byars handed in the licence in September 2014. Locals lost a meeting place for the community, and even local councillors made their feelings known about it’s closure.
