This month Morgan Fabulous chats to Philip Sherrington and his partner Paul Carter, the owners of The Rottingdean Club nestled along the coast in the in lovely village of Rottingdean. A private members club, The Rottingdean Club offers dining in a relaxed environment, regular entertainment, music nights and quizzes.
Legends, for many years a stalwart of the commercial gay scene in Brighton and Hove, and one of the few late night bars left in the gay village offering great value drinks until 5am in the morning, has two new managers.
This month Morgan Fabulous popped into Kemptown to chat with Arly and Bego, owners of the newly refurbished pub, The Crown. The Crown, a freehold venue, offers a variety of spirits and lagers, however Arly and Bego welcome coffee and speciality tea lovers, as they feel that during the day not everybody wants to have an alcoholic drink.
This month Morgan Fabulous pays a visit to the award-winning Camelford Arms, three times winners of the Golden Handbag for Favourite Sunday Lunch and winner of the Handbag for Favourite Small Bar in 2016.
This month Morgan Fabulous takes a step out of the usual commercial pop and sequins and heads off to Subline, managed by Steven David Lee, to find out what makes the bar so unique. Subline will have been open for seven years come October and beyond the obvious, which so many think is the big thrust (pardon the pun) the atmosphere ranges between community bar and den of iniquity, with occasional forays into stomping dance club and quirky theatre.
Morgan Fabulous chats with Tony Lupton, one-third of the business trio who now run The Amsterdam Bar and Kitchen on Marine Parade. Tony grew up in Hammersmith, London, and arrived in Brighton six years ago via Suffolk where he lived and worked for five years.
Morgan Fabulous chats to Jackie Perry, the co-owner and manager of Velvet Jacks on the border of Brighton and Hove about what makes it the perfect place to relax and have a cocktail. Velvet Jacks is a small and quirky independent bar with both friendly staff and customers, it’s the kind of place you can walk in to on our own and instantly feel at home and relaxed. It celebrates it’s second year birthday on May 23rd, which is also the date of Jackie’s wife’s birthday.
The first person many LGBT+people meet when they first arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals to the scene. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them tick.
Bar Broadway is the only bar in Brighton & Hove that is all about the musicals, or anything with links to musical theatre. Beyond that, they try to provide something a little different to the Brighton scene. When co-owners Alasdair Jarvie and Michael McGarrigle took over they gave the bar a makeover inside and out. They painted the bar ‘Broadway Red’ and installed three gilded TV screens around the bar to play musicals from start to finish.
Morgan Fabulous chats with Barry Nelson, manager of the Queens Arms in George Street, about Thailand, cabaret and Victoria Sponge.
