Gamestation

Further to the previous post, next door to Zizzi, what was a furniture shop is to become a Gamestation videogame shop. Posters in the window suggest a grand opening on Jan 7th.

Cheap clothes → Pizza

Presumably due to the renovation of the former Regent Hotel, there seems to be a small revitalisation of the area just North of it on the Parade, opposite Past Times.

What used to be Officer's Club -- selling incredibly cheap clothes which somehow still managed to be overpriced -- is now a Zizzi pizza/pasta restaurant. We went on Monday. It was rather nice.

Gallery → Costa Coffee

The commercial gallery in the bottom SouthWest corner of the Royal Priors has become a Costa coffee shop. I've always preferred Costa to Starbucks.

Hogshead → Old Butcher's

As the title implies, the Hogshead on Warwick St. has changed its name to "The Old Butcher's". I have not checked for any other changes: menu, interior decor, atmosphere etc.

Update: Interior/menu/atmosphere largely unchanged.

Announcement

I had taken to recording any changes I noticed in Leaminton Spa, in the Orkut "Warwick and Leamington Spa" community forum. However, Orkut is a closed community, and I felt the potential audience was too low.

Also, I'm an RSS bore, and there was no way to get an RSS feed of an Orkut community forum.

Hence, the Leamington Changelog is now here.