The History of Llywelyn's Pub Llywelyn’s Pub was opened in St. Louis at 4747 McPherson by Jack Brangle. Along with Balabans and Duff’s restaurant it marked the beginning of the present day Central West-End business district. The Restaurant served primarily Welsh fare and was a small intimate Pub with the cooks line located beside the bar. In the late eighties the adjacent property was acquired, a new kitchen was installed and a dining room was added. The menu was expanded and Llywelyn’s Pub now could offer a true restaurant setting along with the bar. In 1997 the present ownership acquired the Pub. The theme was expanded to include both Irish and Scottish selections and Llywelyn’s became a “Celtic” Pub. The menus were expanded, the décor and seating arrangements were changed and the Pub re-opened in the Fall of 1997. After three very successful years the demand for more seating drove the ownership to expand into the second floor. A new full-service bar was opened along with seating for restaurant overflow and private parties. Llywelyn’s Loft was an instant hit. Soon after, the parking lot located in the rear of the Pub was converted into St. Louis’s most hidden and charming beer garden with a full-service bar and a beautiful mural based on the work of Thomas Guilroy, the famous Guinness beer artist. Along this same time, a second store was opened in West Port Plaza. It was a small restaurant specializing in the same great Celtic fare as the West-End. It enjoyed a great five-year run but was closed at the end of its lease due to a property ownership change. In 2003 Llywelyn’s opened its most ambitious project to date. An old machine shop in historic Webster Groves was converted into the third Llywelyn’s Pub. An old Gaslight Square bar along with a giant vaulted ceiling are the main features to the Pub. The menu for the three stores was expanded to offer a greater selection of Celtic fare. A few years later the restaurant added a banquet room with its own full-service bar that is used for both parties and additional restaurant seating. The Soulard area was the next target for expansion with the opening of a Llywelyn’s Pub at the corner of Soulard Ave. and Ninth Street. Opened in the Winter of 2006, the Pub features two full-service bars and a game room on the second floor. Only opened about a year, Llywelyn’s Pub has established itself as a future mainstay in Soulard. The much anticipated Llywelyn ‘s Pub of Overland Park, celebrating the food and drink of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, opened successfully July 17th, 2007 to eager owners and hungry, thirsty, patrons. After several months of hard work, Eric Pritchett restored a wonderful, antique, building at 6995 West 151st Street in Old Stanley, into a cozy, inviting, authentic, Celtic Restaurant and Pub. This unique Pub features a beautifully restored, 1880’s, Brunswick, Balke and Callender Bar, brass saloon chandeliers, a private room known as “The Snug” and tons of charm and character, that includes weekly musical performances by the house band Flannigan’s Right Hook. There are 24 different draught beers, as well as an extensive bottled beer selection featuring beers from all over the globe. Let’s not forget the food. There are traditional dishes like Fish and (home-made) Chips, Shepherds Pie, and a pub favorite…Bangor’s and Mashed. There are also plenty of other pub munchies like Pretzels, Dragon Wings and Mini burgers that received mention in Good Housekeeping magazine. So join your neighbors, friends and co-workers for Lunch, Dinner, cold beer and good times at Llywelyn’s Pub of Overland Park.