The Cheshire Cat was the bar in the Finis Hotel, named after the Cheshire Cat, the fictional character from Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. Above the door was a red neon cat sitting in a green neon tree. Every few minutes the cat flickered and disappeared, leaving only a grin, before reappearing again. There was a piano there, which Holroyd Wilson, the famous Swindon-born pianist, played on at least one occasion.
Chris, the bartender who was dressed like a hatter, asked people "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" before he served them a drink.
It was here that Thursday Next first met Bowden Cable and Victor Analogy. It was also where Landen Parke-Laine found her after they had been apart for ten years.