Baker Street Pub & Grill

Baker Street Pub & Grill was a Sherlock Holmes themed pub and grill that operated mainly in Texas and Colorado. The concept combined a full bar, casual American pub food, British inspired décor, and live entertainment, and positioned itself as a neighborhood gathering place where guests stayed for drinks, music, and late night service rather than a traditional sit down restaurant experience.

The brand traces its roots to the mid 1990s roll up of bar and pub concepts that ultimately formed Fox & Hound Restaurant Group. It developed within that family of brands in the late 1990s and early 2000s as the group expanded in Texas and the Rocky Mountain region. Baker Street Pub & Grill opened in 1998 and grew alongside sister concepts such as Sherlock’s Pub, Fox & Hound, and Champps under shared ownership and management structures.

Through the 2000s and into the early 2010s, Baker Street Pub & Grill built a small regional footprint, with locations around Houston, Austin, Denver, and select other markets. Units often appeared in mixed use, entertainment, and nightlife districts, sometimes co located or cross promoted with Sherlock’s Pub. The typical store layout featured a sizable bar, generous seating for groups, and space for live music, darts, and events, which made Baker Street a recognizable user of larger pub and bar boxes across several states.

At its height, Baker Street Pub & Grill was part of a broader portfolio that operated dozens of pubs and sports bars nationwide, filling the Sherlock Holmes branded casual pub niche within the CraftWorks controlled system. The operating model leaned heavily on evening and late night beverage sales and private parties, which influenced how spaces were built out and where they were placed within centers.

Over the last decade, the story has been one of contraction rather than growth. The Fox & Hound / CraftWorks platform went through multiple restructurings and ownership changes during the 2010s as casual dining traffic softened. CraftWorks Holdings, which by then controlled Baker Street and the related pub brands, filed for Chapter 11 in March 2020 and converted to Chapter 7 liquidation in June 2020. That process led to widespread closures, sales, and rebrandings across the portfolio. Public reporting on the bankruptcy, local media coverage of closures in markets such as Houston and Colorado, and the fact that the bakerstreetpub.com domain is inactive as of April 2024 all point to Baker Street Pub & Grill no longer operating as an active chain with a central corporate steward.

As of April 2024, the current store count is not publicly documented, and there is no evidence of ongoing franchising, development, or corporate real estate initiatives under the Baker Street Pub & Grill name. Remaining references to the brand tend to be legacy location pages, directory remnants, or mentions tied to former sites that have since been closed, re tenanted, or repositioned.

For landlords, brokers, and developers, Baker Street Pub & Grill now shows up primarily in the context of second generation pub and bar space. Many former Baker Street units were sizable, entertainment focused boxes in established retail or mixed use nodes, and their historical presence helps explain why certain spaces have a particular layout, mechanical and kitchen infrastructure, or nightlife oriented reputation. With CraftWorks liquidated and the Baker Street business effectively wound down, the brand functions today as part of the backstory behind older leases and conversions rather than as a current or prospective tenant.