Chris Gerard, the founder of pub group Innventure, is to develop and open a venue in partnership with Bedford-based brewer and pub operator Charles Wells under a new venture called Apostrophe Pubs.
The De Parys Hotel is to re-open next month as d’Parys, with ”fresh food restaurant, a Kiwi wine and Bedford-beer led bar, a tuck shop offering nostalgic sweets complete with handmade gelato and 14 boutique bedrooms all designed fit for a first-class, unique experience”.
It’s billed as offering a “modern twist to the Victorian establishment” with a design that will “celebrate all that is great about Bedford from brewing, education and industry” including memorabilia from Charles Wells and the local area.
Alfie Molinaro, managing partner of the new venture, said: “The brand new d’Parys will embody all that is great about our historic town, we will be selling Bedford-brewed beers in our contemporary bar, using locally sourced ingredients from the best Bedford has to offer and even have an old baker’s table and materials from the old Britannia Ironworks on display.
“We are now asking our fellow Bedfordians to donate their bit of Bedford to help us exemplify the town’s heritage throughout the building, whether it’s an old tie or books from your school days or a photo which illustrates your favourite memory of the town.”
