Posted by The Rovers Return is to get a rival for business from Coronation Street’s drinkers – a swanky new wine bar,” it reported.
Peter Barlow takes on the traditional institution with a flash gaff that swaps Newton & Ridley ales for European lagers.
The “bar and eatery” in the disused Turner’s Joinery building will be the first ever boozer to open on the same cobbles road as the Rovers, it added.
At the time of writing this, the online version of the story states that Peter wants “his missus” Leanne Battersby – an ex-Rovers barmaid – to run it, ??.
