Carpenter's Coffee House

He was reduced to pawning his possessions, but eventually recovered and managed to re-establish himself as a successful stall holder, finally becoming the lessee of the market in 1762.

Leasing the market for a fee of £500 from the Duke of Bedford entitled Carpenter to collect rents of around £700 a year.

[1] Carpenter's intention may have been that the establishment should serve as a rendezvous for prostitutes from the brothels that surrounded the piazza and their customers, much as Tom King's Coffee House had in previous decades.

Samuel Foote may have worked there before taking to the stage, and was reputed to have named the rats and fed them on the dregs of the beer.

At the beginning of the 19th century it had become a favorite haunt of boxers with many of the famous London pugilists of the time being regular customers.