Dodo pubs secures second Cheltenham pub

By Nicky Godding

24 January 2024

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Chris Manners and Leo Johnson at The Airs and Graces

The Dodo Pub Company, which operates seven pubs across Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, is adding a further pub to its roster as it takes over The Sudeley Arms on the Prestbury Road in Cheltenham.

This will be the second site in the town for Dodo Pub Co. joining the much-loved Bottle of Sauce on Ambrose Street. The Sudeley Arms will be renamed ‘Airs & Graces’; a nod to Cheltenham’s world-famous races.

Co-founder Leo Johnson said: “We’ve been looking for an eighth site for a while and expanding in Cheltenham seemed like the natural choice for us. We’ve always loved the vibe, and with this pub being a slightly different offering to its ‘sister pub’ – The Bottle of Sauce, we believe the ‘Airs & Graces’ will be a great addition to the neighbourhood and more broadly, the town itself”.

On the corner of Prestbury Road and Portland Square, the ‘Airs & Graces’ will open its doors in late March 2024, with refurbishment works due to begin immediately. The Dodo Pub Co’s quirky, yet welcoming style will be recognisable but Air’s & Graces will differ slightly to its siblings in its food offering. The menu will focus on its ever-popular Neapolitan style pizzas with an increased variety of bar snacks.

The Airs & Graces will be creating around 15 new jobs, with recruitment starting immediately for all positions.

Dodo Pubs also runs Dodo Works, letting out extra space in some of its pubs for workspace for the hybrid worker. Offering a number of packages from pay-as-you-go at both its current sites (The Bottle of Sauce in Cheltenham and The Part and Parcel at Witney) to full-in permanent office space.

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.