Sheffield - city of townie bars

[firecracker]

Why is it that Sheffield's bars are little different from Barnsley's. Typical of Sheffield seems to be one of 30 on West Street/Division Street, like Bungalows and Bears. Why can't it have bars like Grinch, the Living Room and Zinc Bar and Grill in Manchester, the Living Room, Restaurant Bar and Grill and Prohibition in Leeds, or The Living Room and Fashion Cafe in Nottingham? It seems that Sheffield is full of typical townie bars and not bars of the calibre found in nearby cities.

[discodown]

take it you're a fan of the living room?!

[jake]

Why is it that Sheffield's bars are little different from Barnsley's. Typical of Sheffield seems to be one of 30 on West Street/Division Street, like Bungalows and Bears.

 

A bad example (Bungalow & Bears is arguably a bit different to the other identikit bars) - but a fair point.

 

Its basically to do with demographics - though there are plenty of students - there just arent the same numer of well paid young people in Sheffield that there are in cities like Manchester or Leeds.

[rubydazzler]

Had you thought about opening a bar similar to the ones you prefer? You could research your market via SF and see what the customer profile and likely spend would be. Then evaluate your findings and work out your business plan based on the results.

 

Then all you have to do is find premises, make sure you have suffiicient finance in place and - job's a good un. All you have to do then is sit back and wait for the like-minded customers to flood in and rake up the profits.

 

Easy-peasy!

[Andy C]

Aren't many of those examples chain bars too. Overpriced ones with little atmosphere and self important clientele at that.

 

The market in Sheffield is different. You have your mad townie bars around West Street if you want a lively one, but there are plenty of alternative venues, both of the traditional and smart variety, if you look off the main drag.

 

If you want somewhere nice, try Boho, Wig & Pen, Ivory or the Milestone.

 

We also have an excellent selection of more traditional pubs and bars where you can enjoy good quality ale, some in a relaxed atmosphere and some in a lively musical atmosphere. I am talking pubs such as the Grapes, Dog & Partridge, Washington, Dove & Rainbow, Kelham Island Tavern, Devonshire Cat, Red Deer, Red Lion, Bath Hotel etc etc.

 

Many of these places are independently run, a little quirky, and don't follow some corporate formula invented by a marketing department in London.

[Andy C]

I suppose Crystal was an attempt to create a venue of the type you describe....

[firecracker]

Aren't many of those examples chain bars too. Overpriced ones with little atmosphere and self important clientele at that.

 

The market in Sheffield is different. You have your mad townie bars around West Street if you want a lively one, but there are plenty of alternative venues, both of the traditional and smart variety, if you look off the main drag.

 

If you want somewhere nice, try Boho, Wig & Pen, Ivory or the Milestone.

 

We also have an excellent selection of more traditional pubs and bars where you can enjoy good quality ale, some in a relaxed atmosphere and some in a lively musical atmosphere. I am talking pubs such as the Grapes, Dog & Partridge, Washington, Dove & Rainbow, Kelham Island Tavern, Devonshire Cat, Red Deer, Red Lion, Bath Hotel etc etc.

 

Many of these places are independently run, a little quirky, and don't follow some corporate formula invented by a marketing department in London.

 

Most of those aren't chain bars. There are no more than around 10 or 15 of them in the country.

[Phanerothyme]

Why is it that Sheffield's bars are little different from Barnsley's. Typical of Sheffield seems to be one of 30 on West Street/Division Street, like Bungalows and Bears. Why can't it have bars like Grinch, the Living Room and Zinc Bar and Grill in Manchester, the Living Room, Restaurant Bar and Grill and Prohibition in Leeds, or The Living Room and Fashion Cafe in Nottingham? It seems that Sheffield is full of typical townie bars and not bars of the calibre found in nearby cities.

 

At the end of the day it's still just yeast excrement, wherever you happen to be drinking it...

[Unisol]

Why is it that Sheffield's bars are little different from Barnsley's. Typical of Sheffield seems to be one of 30 on West Street/Division Street, like Bungalows and Bears. Why can't it have bars like Grinch, the Living Room and Zinc Bar and Grill in Manchester, the Living Room, Restaurant Bar and Grill and Prohibition in Leeds, or The Living Room and Fashion Cafe in Nottingham? It seems that Sheffield is full of typical townie bars and not bars of the calibre found in nearby cities.

 

Zzzzzzzzzzz, another thread dissing Sheffield

 

The Living Room and Prohibition good bars? Hmmm, ok riiiiight.

 

Sheffield has many great independant bars. Top of my list would be Runaway Girl + lots mentioned above and many others if you bother to look.

 

Goodbye.

[firecracker]

Zzzzzzzzzzz, another thread dissing Sheffield

 

The Living Room and Prohibition good bars? Hmmm, ok riiiiight.

 

Sheffield has many great independant bars. Top of my list would be Runaway Girl + lots mentioned above and many others if you bother to look.

 

Goodbye.

Another thread that can't face being told the truth. And I was wrong when I described you as looking at the world (or the Sheffield part of it) through rose-coloured contact lenses - you seem to be looking at it through concrete contact lenses instead.