This week Edinburgh Live reported on the dozens of old working-class pubs that have been gentrified over the last decades which sparked fond memories of a notorious boozer on Easter Road.
The prime Leith location has been a number of pubs over the years including Riordan's and now the Eastway Tap but it was best known for being the legendary Hibs bar, Four in Hand.
During its time as a popular Hibees boozer, the pub was frequented by Pat Stanton and Jimmy O’’Rourke and The Proclaimers as well as hundreds of fans.
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The pub allegedly took its name from when Hibs won the cup in 1902 and the trophy was paraded down Easter Road in a horse-drawn carriage.
Each horse needed two reins so the carriage driver would have two reins in each hand hence the name Four in Hand.
It had previously been owned by businessman Kenny McLean Jr, whose father, a former Hibs vice-chairman, played a leading role in the fight to stop Wallace Mercer from buying the club in the 1990s.
Before former Hibs midfielder, Paul Kane took it over in 2009 and ran it for over a decade - but Kane's tenure witnessed its fair share of incidents of vandalism and outbreaks of violence.
The windows of the pub were smashed while it was pelted with blue paint just months after the former Hibs star took it over and it was targeted again by petrol bombs in 2019.
Over the years, the corner bar was also a popular spot for supporters' buses to depart from and had classic furnishings and a wealth of Hibs memorabilia inside.
They didn't just cater to Hibees but also locals in the area, offering special drink deals for pensioners and a half pint of Tennents or Best with a nip for just £2.10 back in the day.
One drinker remembered: "This was very much a locals pub that attracted a large amount of the older crowd in the area. They even do special drink deals for OAPs!
"I had been in the pub before going on to see a Hibernian game and the pub is fitted with lots of Hibernian FC memorabilia.
"When I went there, there were both Hibernian fans and fans of Dundee United, and there was no sense of hostility within the pub towards them."
Then it became Irish bar Riordan's in 2020 when it was taken over by former Hibs player Derek Riordan and convicted drug dealer Michael 'Mikey' Wright.
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The pair kept the boozer going with a strong sense of Hibs heritage at the heart of the pub for a year or so before it closed down and became the Eastway Tap in November 2021.
This time the bar took a different approach and focused on a different clientele in the area, with around a dozen craft beers on tap, board games and football colours banned it's a far shout from the heart football pub it once was.
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