Clerkenwell pub The Peasant to reopen as George & Dragon with Island restaurant upstairs

Barworks founder Marc Francis-Baum is to reopen The Peasant in Clerkenwell as George & Dragon in collaboration with Tom Brown and Brad Carter’s Island restaurant. The 1889 Grade II-listed pub on St John Street will reopen next month as a 110-cover venue spanning two floors. The ground floor will operate as a pub serving elevated classics while the first floor will be the new home for Island, Brown…