John Dowie's Tavern

John Dowie took over a tavern named "The Mermaid" on Liberton Wynd, off Edinburgh's Royal Mile, close to the Law Courts and St Giles Cathedral around 1770.

[1] Liberton Wynd was a steep and narrow alley leading from the High Street to the Cowgate.

[4] Edinburgh Ale was supplied to the tavern by Archibald Younger from the Croft-an-Righ Brewery near Holyrood Abbey (which was set up in 1777).

The tavern also sold food such as Nor' Loch trout, Welsh rabbit and "puffed herring" (bloater).

[9] It was demolished (together with all of Liberton Wynd) to create George IV Bridge, which began construction in 1827.