Coach and Horses, Soho

There has been a pub on the site since the 18th century. ==20th century==

In the 20th century, the landlord for over 60 years was Norman Balon, who developed a persona as "London's rudest landlord". He began to work at the pub in 1943, when he left an engineering course to serve at the bar, after his father became the landlord there. In 1989, the interior of the pub was recreated on stage for the biographical play about Bernard, Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell. The play was successful, and Balon's memoirs followed in 1991, titled ''You're Barred, You Bastards: The Memoirs of a Soho Publican''. Clive Jennings says of regular clientele such as Bernard that "the lethal triangle of The French, The Coach & Horses and The Colony were the staging points of the Dean Street shuffle, with occasional forays into other joints such as The Gargoyle or the Mandrake ... The Groucho or Blacks". ==21st century==

Norman Balon was succeeded as leaseholder in May 2006 by Alastair Choat, Greg Stewart, and Melanie Krudy. Fuller, Smith & Turner, then still a combined London brewery and pub group, bought the pub in a well-publicised acquisition, though continued to lease it to the existing tenants. In 2019, Fullers ended the lease and transferred the pub into its managed estate. As of January 2024, there are two other pubs in the Soho district of London also using the name "Coach and Horses". ==Notable patrons==

• Francis Bacon • The Beatles • Jeffrey Bernard • Tom Baker • John Hurt • Danny Kirwan • Eddie Linden • George Melly • Keith Waterhouse • Peter Cook • Richard Ingrams • Willie Rushton == References ==