Texas Pub Still Has Regular Patrons, Alive or Otherwise

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Drinks from the bar aren’t the only spirits lingering around Churchill’s pub in downtown McKinney. The restaurant, formerly called The Londoner, recently changed names but new owners Marie Briton and Erin Elwood assure they’ve still got the same regulars, alive and otherwise.

“We have ghosts in the building,” Elwood said. The location is on the map for the Legends of McKinney Ghost Walk.

Briton said the Texas Paranormal Advanced Research Team recently conducted observations on site in May, 2009, and produced a report stating the voice of a man was heard saying, “Ya’ll must be crazy.”

The majority of the paranormal activity is all upstairs and mainly around the ladies restrooms, Briton said. Before becoming owner, Briton worked as the general manager of the restaurant and said she’s heard the voice of the spirit herself.

“I just shout at it and say ‘Enough is enough,’” Briton said. “I don’t think it’s a bad energy. I think it’s cantankerous but I don’t think it’s bad.”

Elwood said as the new owners they plan to do research to figure out exactly what the history of the 100-year-old building is.

“There have been a lot of alleged histories so we want to sort through them,” Elwood said. “It’s such a neat old building with so much history. We hope to get old photos up on the wall.”

The English pub changed owners in early June and Elwood said as part of the deal they agreed to change the name. After a few weeks of taking suggestions, surveying customers, and tossing around several different ideas, they landed on Churchill’s, inspired by Winston Churchill.

“Most of our regulars still fondly call it ‘the pub,’” Briton said.

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