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{{Short description|Beer restaurant located at Museokatu 10 in Etu-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland}}
[[File:Urhopub.jpg|thumb|right|The main facade of the pub, with its sign showing [[Urho Kekkonen]] drinking [[sahti]].]]
'''St. Urho's Pub''' is a [[pub|beer restaurant]] located at Museokatu 10 in [[Töölö|Etu-Töölö]], [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. The restaurant used to be a local favourite of former [[President of Finland]] [[Urho Kekkonen]], which also led to its name. The restaurant was opened on 7 May 1973 with Urho Kekkonen attending the opening ceremony.<ref>Tyrkkö, Maarit: "Iloista kyytiä, nauhuri mukana Porojärvelle", ''Tyttö ja nauhuri'', p. 274. [[WSOY (publisher)|WSOY]] 2014. {{ISBN|978-951-0-40253-5}}.</ref> The restaurant has become particularly known among artist musicians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/artikkeli/100466-kekkosen-nimikkopubi-kutsuu-presidentteja |title=Kekkosen nimikkopubi kutsuu presidenttejä |website=Helsingin Uutiset |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407115919/https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/artikkeli/100466-kekkosen-nimikkopubi-kutsuu-presidentteja |archive-date=2018-04-07}}</ref>
St. Urho's Pub was chosen as the Beer Restaurant of the Year in 2006.<ref>[https://aromilehti.fi/artikkelit/bottan-henki-yoruokaa-ja-klubbailua/ Bottan henki: yöruokaa ja klubbailua] (in Finnish). ''Aromi'', April 22, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.urhospub.fi/ Official site]
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[[Category:Restaurants in Helsinki]]
[[Category:Restaurants established in 1973]]
[[Category:Urho Kekkonen]]