A second venue was opened in
Cardiff in 2001 with a capacity of 200 people and other venues followed. The Cardiff venue closed in September 2010. Similarly, the
Birmingham Barfly closed in the same year. Until 2003, The Barfly ran a venue in
Sheffield in the now defunct
National Centre for Popular Music. The venue was initially housed in one "pod" of the building but this was closed down sometime in 2002, moving to what was the Zero Club (later The Plug, then Network) on Matilda Street. The Barfly vacated these premises soon afterwards, and left Sheffield altogether. On 2 June 2008, the
Brighton The Barfly (formerly the Gloucester Nightclub) closed down without notice.
Cambridge Barfly opened in 2007 after the Barfly chain took over The Graduate public house. It had a 250-person capacity, but closed in the Summer of 2008. It was refurbished and became a
J D Wetherspoon pub, which later burned down, but has since reopened. On 17 February 2009, the
Glasgow Barfly also closed down without notice. During late May 2009,
Liverpool Barfly was sold to local bar owners and transformed into the Masque Nightclub and music venue. The building also contains The Masque's affiliated bar: Ink, a free-entry rock 'n' roll bar and the only tattoo studio-themed venue in the North West of England. In 2010, the
York Barfly also ceased trading; the venue reopened as Fibbers on 3 September 2010. The
West End of London Barfly venue closed in 2011. ==See also==