A Glasgow businessman who helped broker the deal that saved Celtic in the 1990s has sold one of the most famous pubs in the city’s west end. David Low has offloaded The Arlington Bar, which counts a host of celebrities among its past patrons, to experienced operator Peter Di Ciacca, owner of Riva Restaurants. The deal comes three years after Mr Low, who played a key role in Fergus McCann’s takeover of Celtic in 1994, acquired the pub on Woodlands Road.
The Arlington is one of Glasgow’s oldest pubs, having traded continuously from its site since 1860. Throughout a distinguished history, the pub has been a favoured haunt of students and academics from the neighbouring University of Glasgow, and a hangout for journalists, artists and writers. Read more: Famous Glasgow pub The Arlington bought by city financier David Low Marks & Spencer sells Sauchiehall Street store in Glasgow Former 63rd + 1st in Glasgow have reverted to landlord NatWest boss: 'I’d like a Budget that unlocks growth' Famous customers over the years have included Billy Connolly, Frankie Miller and The Clash.
The bar also claims to be home to the Stone of Destiny, the seat upon which ancient kings of Scotland were crowned, since 1950, when a group of four Nationalist students – and Arlington regulars – re-possessed the historic artefact from Westminster Abbey and allegedly hid it in the pub. According to pub legend the stone now on display at Perth Museum is a crude replica fashioned by the students, w.
