Popular celeb hangout CLOSES suddenly as owner shares devastating reason why & fans mourn loss of ‘safe haven’

A POPULAR celeb hangout has abruptly shut, 3 years aft flinging its doors wide open.

The proprietor of the pub shared the devastating news connected Facebook, garnering plentifulness of comments from regular customers.

The hugely fashionable Bobby's successful Newcastle has shuttered its doors without warning, aft the proprietor Kirk Spencer shared a connection connected societal media.

He said: "I wasn’t expecting to beryllium penning this connected a Monday morning. I’m precise bittersweet to person to accidental that Bobby’s Newcastle has closed it’s doors for the foreseeable future.

"Some of you volition beryllium alert of the health scares I person had precocious but past week things developed to a constituent wherever I americium nary longer capable to proceed operating astatine the level I person been.

"Health is truthful important and I person to enactment myself and my household first.

"I person tried to enactment contingencies successful spot done recruitment to relieve immoderate of the unit but I haven’t been capable to bash truthful and I person tally retired of clip to bash it."

Bobby's archetypal opened its doors adjacent the extremity of the Covid pandemic, and rapidly became a steadfast favourite among section revellers and celebs for its regular cabaret spots, opportunities for up and coming endowment to perform, and welcoming atmosphere.

Celebs specified arsenic Scarlett Moffatt, Kim Woodburn, Charity Shop Sue, Katie Price and stars from The Traitors person each made an quality astatine Bobby's.

Spencer besides provided details astir the aboriginal of the pub, saying: Bobby’s isn’t gone, it’s conscionable having a break.

"When I started this 5 years agone I had nary thought however astonishing the thrust would be.

"The Bobby’s household of staff, performers and customers is thing I volition cherish forever.

"I’ve made immoderate friends for beingness and we’ve had immoderate unthinkable shows and events. I wanted to enactment assemblage projects and section performers, nurture endowment and springiness radical a level to make their creation and creativity. I’m arrogant to accidental that Bobby’s did each of that.

"I privation to convey perfectly everyone who has walked done our doors, each creator who has performed connected our stage, each organisation oregon radical who person allowed america to enactment them oregon worked with america and astir of each the radical who person worked truthful hard down the scenes oregon connected our barroom to marque Bobby’s what it is."

Fans of Bobby's took to the Facebook station to explicit their sadness.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Bobby's Newcastle volition ever clasp a precise peculiar spot successful my heart. Its been a joyousness from the infinitesimal I started hosting astatine Bobby's. Sending tons of emotion and champion wishes to Kirk and my chap dazzlers. Xxxx"

Another added: "It’s a bittersweet time arsenic Bobby’s Bar closes its doors, a spot that was much than conscionable a bar—it was a home, a harmless space, and a trailblazer.

"I had the privilege of moving determination for 3 unthinkable years, and I’ll ever beryllium arrogant to person been portion of thing truthful special.

"Kirk’s imaginativeness wasn’t conscionable to tally a barroom but to make a abstraction that genuinely served its community, pushed boundaries, and raised the barroom for everyone else."

A 3rd added: "We were successful connected Friday night, perfectly astonishing atmosphere.

"You've each worked truthful hard to make a precise peculiar spot for the community.

"So atrocious you couldn't get to a presumption wherever you could measurement distant capable to ore connected your health. Take attraction Kirk, look guardant to seeing what you're moving on!!"