Revived Phoenix pub rises from the ashes
A pub has risen from the ashes and is hoping to attract new customers after a major revamp which has involved the refurbishment of all the rooms and bar area, as well as the introduction of a new food menu.
Landlady Lisa Snookes bought the Phoenix pub in Martley Road, Oldbury in March, the day after it closed down, because she had been a regular at the pub and felt the business could be a success if it was refurbished.
She said the pub had become rundown and so she decided to renovate it by providing a new bar and toilets, as well as moving the door, while recently the pub also started serving food, with a carvery menu on a Sunday.
"It has been totally refurbished. The only thing I did not do was knock the building down. We took everything out of it and replaced it.
"Everything in it is brand new, including the toilets and a log burn fire, while there is also disabled access, which there was not before, including a ramp for wheelchair users," Miss Snookes said.
She runs the pub, which reopened in July, on her own, though she has a cleaner and also receives help from her family, who live nearly in Oldbury and Rowley Regis.
Miss Snookes has worked in pubs since she was 18, but said she relished the chance to run a pub of her own so decided to buy the Phoenix when it became available.
