New cafes and bars in Hastings
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:07 am
It is very encouraging that slowly but surely Queens Road has been pulling itself up. Who would have thought it?! Not so long back, the street was run-down, shabby and rather intimidating after dark - now there is the Drift In Bar opposite Morrisons, very clean, friendly bar which hosts live music every week and quite good stuff too, often a duo/trio performing or it's an open mic night. Not far along, opposite the petrol station is a micro pub - REALLY nice atmosphere and a terrific range of quality drinks including dozens of different fruit gins! One or two other nice cafe/bars further down, near the M 'n S store. The whole street has acquired a nightlife ambience and lots of people walking about. However, significantly, there seems no evidence that the council can claim credit for its input or encouragement - it's all private enterprise from people who have seen the new possibilities for starting up in a cheaper area.
Near Pelham Place, the foyer of St Mary in the Castle has become another very pleasant cafe/bar open in the evenings and a trio was performing there last Saturday night - a bohemian-looking bunch but great music! See images below.
And the Albion in George Street has been hosting some excellent bands for a while - last Friday night a band called "The Hot house Four" had the whole place dancing about to a mix of wild American Roots music - a bit of country, a bit of blues, rag, jazz, even some early rock 'n roll in there too. They are doing more gigs around Hastings in the next few weeks (see www.thehothousefour.com or find them on FB).
What Hastings does best is what gives the town its unique, quirky and very attractive quality.
Near Pelham Place, the foyer of St Mary in the Castle has become another very pleasant cafe/bar open in the evenings and a trio was performing there last Saturday night - a bohemian-looking bunch but great music! See images below.
And the Albion in George Street has been hosting some excellent bands for a while - last Friday night a band called "The Hot house Four" had the whole place dancing about to a mix of wild American Roots music - a bit of country, a bit of blues, rag, jazz, even some early rock 'n roll in there too. They are doing more gigs around Hastings in the next few weeks (see www.thehothousefour.com or find them on FB).
What Hastings does best is what gives the town its unique, quirky and very attractive quality.