OldStory – Whisky Bar | Pub | Restaurant WordPress Theme Overview
OldStory is a hospitality design from AncoraThemes, built around the look and feel of a whisky bar but flexible enough for a pub, tavern, restaurant, café or brewery taproom. It ships with three bar and restaurant homepage layouts that import in one click.
Pages are assembled with Elementor, and the header and footer are also edited in Elementor rather than through fixed templates. Behind the scenes, a theme framework adds a large Customizer panel with hundreds of options, an inheritance system that lets individual pages override global settings, custom post types and a set of custom widgets and shortcodes.
Beyond the core pages, OldStory includes tools for managing events and presenting your staff, several blog and gallery layouts, and a shop design for WooCommerce. It is responsive and Retina-ready, and supports boxed or full-width page layouts, Ajax search, and flexible colour and typography settings.
Key Features of OldStory – Whisky Bar | Pub | Restaurant WordPress Theme
- Three bar and restaurant homepage layouts with one-click demo import
- Elementor page building, including custom header and footer layouts
- Events management with The Events Calendar integration
- Team section for introducing bartenders, chefs and staff
- Multiple blog styles, 20+ post animations, related posts and sharing buttons
- Gallery layouts for showcasing the room, food and drinks
- WooCommerce shop design with TI WooCommerce Wishlist support
- Slider Revolution and Swiper Slider for hero areas
- Compatibility with Booked, Contact Form 7, MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed and WPML
- Boxed and full-width layouts, Ajax search and 750+ Customizer options
Who OldStory – Whisky Bar | Pub | Restaurant WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
OldStory fits Canadian whisky bars, neighbourhood pubs, taverns and gastropubs that want a moody, heritage-style site with an events calendar for tastings, live music or trivia nights. The team section suits venues that like to introduce their bar staff or kitchen, and the gallery layouts help show off the space for private bookings.
It also works for a restaurant, café or brewery taproom that runs regular events and wants to publish news through a blog. Businesses planning to sell merchandise, gift items or packaged food online can add the WooCommerce shop, and bilingual English and French sites are possible through WPML.
Important Notes About OldStory – Whisky Bar | Pub | Restaurant WordPress Theme
Alcohol is a regulated product in Canada. Provincial liquor licensing applies to serving, advertising and any online sale or delivery of spirits, along with minimum-age rules, and the business owner is responsible for compliance. The vendor suggests the shop can be used for spirits, but whether that is allowed depends on your licence and province. Keep menu prices, ingredients and allergen details accurate, and avoid unsupported health claims.
The update log shows the Cookie Information consent plugin was dropped from the bundle, so plan another consent solution. Mailchimp signups and popups need consent under Canada’s anti-spam law, and event tickets or paid bookings need a clear refund policy.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
You purchase the OldStory licence on ThemeForest; AncoraThemes remains the developer and provides theme support. AppiAppi installs it with its required plugins, imports the demo that best fits your venue and replaces it with your branding, drink and food menus, hours, location map, photo galleries, team profiles and upcoming events. Where you want table requests or a shop, we configure the booking form or WooCommerce too.
After launch, AppiAppi manages the site under your subscription plan. We add new events and menu changes, keep WordPress, the theme and plugins updated, and respond to reservation, event and general inquiries. We also provide AI-assisted SEO and content support for your menu, events and location pages.
Original design by AncoraThemes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source