There’s terrace seating and individual leather booths that seat up to six people, equipped with ‘press for champagne’ buzzers. The Champagne Bar by Searcys, which sprawls decadently across the station with a 1,055ft bar, is the perfect destination for a celebration. St Pancras station is open air and covered, making it an ideal spot for drinking on rainy days. You can also expect rooftop events including musical bingo and drag shows. There are live Jazz Jam sessions on Thursdays and Sundays, with a regular line-up of DJs playing on other days until 11pm. It also has a two-tier roof terrace that’s currently running as a beer garden Monday to Thursday, and as an event space from Friday to Sunday. Over the years, this Brixton institution has transformed from a staid gastropub into a live music venue with a buzzing, late-night dancefloor. Groups of up to six people can book a table for 3.5 hours and better still, this year the entry fee has been waived. The beer garden has panoramic views of the city skyline - an ideal spot to catch the sunset - and a rotation of street food vendors. Cafs, bars and pubs - LESBIAN AND GAY LONDON 020/7385 9359 West Kensington or West bership is automatic once you're inside ) is Brompton tube.
The Terrace, Alexandra PalaceĪlexandra Palace turned its south-facing terrace into a mighty big beer garden last summer, with space for up to 400 people.
Visit the website to see what’s coming up. Start your early evening at their three-floor party bar with music and a drink or two, which is just around the corner from G-A-Y Late, before heading into the club for a night of dancing. Pint-sized cocktails are served here alongside street food vendors, DJs, cabaret and, of course, palm trees. One of London’s most iconic LGBTQ+ bars and clubs (partly due to its name), is Soho’s G-A-Y Bar. It’s split into North Side and South Side, stretching across an industrial estate close to Tottenham Hale. The wonderfully-named Costa del Tottenham is a new al fresco complex that’s part of north London nightclub and event space The Cause. Here’s our round-up of some of the best spots in the city for al fresco drinks. A handful of interesting new drinks venues have launched, too, all vying to capture Londoners’ attention with special Covid-friendly flourishes.Īcross the board, expect to see crafty solutions for socially distanced seating, freshly created drinks menus, new from-your-table ordering apps, orderly one-way systems and, most notably, the addition of plenty of outdoor heaters to combat the capital’s changeable weather.
Windows were washed and signs repainted for the grand re-opening on the 12th (albeit only for outdoor seating for groups of up to six people or two households - for now). The latest development in the ongoing struggle to save the capital's LGBT venues comes as the Royal Vauxhall Tavern is given Grade II listed status - click here to find out more.The first weeks of April witnessed a flurry of excitement as restaurants and bars across London prepared to welcome people back to their tables. "We need to preserve these premises and businesses or risk Soho becoming another homogenized part of the city." Local councillor Jonathan Glanz added: "At Soho’s heart are quirky and unique premises of great character run by independent businesses including shops bars and restaurants.
"I would kindly ask that anyone who objected before could object again to preserve The Yard as well as the Soho area", Jones said, adding that as well as destoring the venue's Victorian heritage, development would force smokers onto the streets outside, increasing noise disturbance and congestion. However, the venue's landlord has once again submitted an application to build a set of flats over the historic stable roof, and the bar's owner Andy Jones is hoping punters and the public will help stop the build by objecting to the application 15/06867/FULL on the grounds that it would create an 'inappropriate' mix of residential and bar use. The Yard became one of the rare victories for anti-development campaigners back in March, after the Council decided that the venue - which is situated in the last Victorian-era stable and carriage house in Soho - was an "important relic" of the area. Just six months after Westminster Council rejected plans to replace The Yard with a block of luxury flats, the famed London gay bar is once again under threat of redevelopment.