06/07/2026
It’s great when someone asks about our name - It's the definition of bo***ir: a word which stems from the French verb bouder, which literally means "to sulk. A bo***ir is a room where women retreated to pout or sulk and “pull themselves together”.
It's a nod to the French architecture of the building and our move away from the design of most of the pubs and bars on Bute designed by men where their wives cannot even see in through the window to see if their husbands were at the bar.
We also think it’s a great name as I was often sent to my room in disgrace as a child and told to come back once I’d cheered up… my Dad often still jokes “Erin - go to your room” so nowadays I can be found in my Sulking Room being cheered by an espresso martini….
We don't mind if you think it's a terrible name though (as written in a comment in our awnings post), we cannot please everyone and we won't sulk about it!
