The Victorian watering hole first opened in Kilburn in 1869 as The Earl Derby, and was hugely popular with the Irish community from the 1960s to the 90s.
It was later renamed The Golden Egg, but closed in 2013 not long after a man accidentally shot himself in the leg in the toilets.
That same year the pub’s owner Mitchells & Butlers spruced it up and reopened it as The Earl of Derby, but the pub closed a year ago.
For the past year the venue has been trading as Persian cocktail bar and nightclub Baroon Lounge.
Now, less than a year after opening its doors the signage has been removed and a fresh licensing application approved for the locally listed building.
New signs have gone up at the venue at the corner of Priory Park Road and Kilburn High Road, naming it as The Goat “Mongolian Kitchen and Lounge”.
Brent Council last month approved a licensing application by Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Retail Limited for opening hours of 8am until midnight Sunday to Thursday, with a closing time of 1.30am on Fridays and Saturdays.
The application also included televised sports matches, playing recorded and live music, including DJs, singers and karaoke, “dancing by staff throughout the premises”, and indoor pub games such as snooker and darts.
On the Life In Kilburn Facebook page, one commented: “So it’s switched from Persian to Mongolian. Will that attract a large number of clientele or will it be as short lived as its former establishment? Time will tell.”
According to the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), it reported the management of Baroon Lounge to Brent Council Enforcement in March 2025 for blocking up the windows and converting the pub into a nightclub without permission.
An enforcement notice was granted but was appealed by the owner and is still undecided at the time of closure.
The building with its “eclectic Gothic style” was locally listed in 2020 by Brent Council as part of the historic townscape of multiple inns and pubs along Kilburn High Road.
The listing states: “The building is very attractive in the streetscene. A Victorian building occupying an imposing corner site that was originally named The Earl Derby.”
