'I love dogs so it made sense to create a menu for them' This week's pub lies just near the border between Bolton and Lancashire and offers something unique for our four-legged friends. The King William, outside Chapeltown, serves a range of specials and even a 'doggy roast dinners' The Bolton News spoke to one of its managers. Introduce yourself My name is Vicky Officer and I manage the King William in Chapeltown.
How long have you worked here? I started working here in 2015, but I only started managing in 2018. Vicky on the bar (Image: NQ) How has the pub changed in nearly a decade? Well, when I first came in we weren’t dog-friendly, but now we’re completely open to dogs. I hear you’ve got a dog-dedicated menu.
Yes, that’s right, and from the menu, we donate 25p for every item to a dog rescue charity, so that everything dog owners buy from the menu goes back to helping dogs. We’ve ‘puppychinos’, ‘dog ice cream’, and even a ‘doggy roast dinner’ for them to get stuck into. The pub's specials (Image: NQ) Aside from all the dogs, what’s the best thing about running a pub? There is never a day that’s the same, we’ve got quite a few regulars, and for some of the older ones especially, it’s more of a community thing.
Some older gents come in just to meet up with their friends and it’s a way for them to get out of the house and socialise. What customers do you best cater to? We’re trying to become more of a drinking pub, but at the moment we close .
