The wooden cross, previously Harringay Arms, in Crouch Hill, has finally reopened ready for the weekend.
The pub is directed by Paul Mtaste and his wife Rebecca Smithson, who also directs the Prince of Wales pub at Highgate Village.
Paul said they had renamed the pub as a “assent to the famous Crouch End Wood Cross.”
He said: “Harringoy’s old arms have been open and closed so many times by so many people that the name decimated their legs, there is a true mixed energy.
“I needed a brand change. That is upset to some people, but in the long run to bring a pub back, I needed to be renamed.
“We are bringing an appropriate back. We have partnered with North & Ten Bagel that bring a food -resistant offering.”
He added: “It is good, people are excited because the pub leg opened and closed in recent years.
“People are skeptical, we will be here in six months and we assure you that we will.
“Because we have the Prince of Wales and we run so well, people are more accommodation and trust.”
The member of the Horsey historical society, David Winskill, had speculated that the change of name had to do with the history of the areas.
Hey pRevioutly told the Ham and tall: “The origin of the name Crouch End was originally crossed. In medieval times when two mansions with, sometimes they erected a cross.
“With the Horny mansion where with Topsfield, one end of the mansion was the end of the church, where the church of Santa María is, and the other end was the extreme cross, and that is more or less where the clock tower is located.”
On reopening, he said: “The entire hospitality industry is having a bad time.
“It is absolutely brilliant that this old lovely pub is used again and all the old regular customers and new customers wish them all the best.”
