Where is The Forge Tavern?

The Forge Tavern (now called Son Caney Cuba Bar) is at 230 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE. It is at the corner of Great Barr Street.

In brief

A public house in Digbeth, formerly called The Forge Tavern.  It occupies the site of the medieval Heath Mill. It is now a Cuban Bar called Son Caney Bar.

The Forge Tavern (now Son Caney Cuban Bar) at the corner of Fazeley Street and Great Barr Street (July 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

The Forge Tavern - history and details

This was the site of the medieval Heath Mill.

There has been a public house at the corner of Fazeley Street and Great Barr Street since at least the 1850s.

Liverpool Street (to the right of the pub) leads to the Birmingham Central Bus Garage.

While Heath Mill Lane (opposite the pub) leads to the Custard Factory.

It is close to the Duddeston Viadcut (built in Victorian times but never completed).

In recent years it was an Irish pub.

But it lost it's licence after a fatal stabing.

The Forge Tavern (now Son Caney Cuban Bar) at the corner of Fazeley Street and Great Barr Street (November 2011). Photography by Elliott Brown

Since The Forge Tavern closed, it has been turned into a Cuban Bar called Son Caney Bar.

The Forge Tavern (now Son Caney Cuban Bar) at the corner of Fazeley Street and Great Barr Street (March 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown