The Bishop and Wolf inn on St Mary’s has welcomed yet another change of management.
The struggling pub has been taken on by Porthcressa landlords Rachel Gaulton and Richard Smith.
“We know the potential of the Bishop and we want to turn it around,” Rachel, 36, told ScillyNews.
“We’ll be offering good, old-fashioned home cooking and reasonable prices.”
Several managers have come and gone at the pub in the last decade, with three couples leaving already this year.
Now owners St Austell Brewery have decided to offer it as a tenancy rather than install managers.
“The Bishop and Wolf has been run into the ground,” said Rachel. “St Austell are our suppliers at the Porthcressa and one day they asked me what I would do with it.
“I said the first thing I would do is get down on my hands and knees and clean it.”
After the talk, the firm’s HR manager asked how the couple would feel about taking over the inn. An agreement was reached and they took the helm this week.
The Porthcressa, which Rachel and Richard, 26, have been running since March, will remain open during the winter. “It won’t be too difficult as it’s just across the road,” said Rachel. “Richard will be there in the evenings and I’ll be in the Bishop.
“We want to turn the Bishop back into a local’s pub and give it the stability it hasn’t had in years.”