EAT MEET DANCE SLEEP DISCOVER SHREWSBURY AFTER HOURS Shrewsbury Night Magazine Final art.indd 1 10/06/2015 17:21 BE SAVVY IN SHREWSBURY • If you work locally make sure you take originalshrewsbury.co.uk your Original Shrewsbury loyalty card out and about with you /originalshrewsbury • Download the infoBeetle app for all the @originalshrews latest offers plus direct links to taxi firms to take you home originalshrewsbury • Follow Original Shrewsbury on The magazine was published by Shrewsbury BID. 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If you like to listen to new music in very old For those trying to savour the last rays of venues, mix mojitos in cool cocktail lounges or sunshine don’t miss a sail along the River feast with friends until late, then you really will Severn or a seat in a secluded beer garden with be spoilt for choice for original night-time fi nds in a fi ne local beverage. Shrewsbury. Menus across town range from simple but The criss-crossing streets in this medieval town seriously good burgers to fi ne Italians, expert house one-off cafés, bars and restaurants that Asian cuisine and the freshest of fi sh dishes. And you’ll be happy to head to after work for classic when the light fades there is music, dancing and cocktails and the best beers. entertainment late into the night. If you’re planning a night of theatre then there If you can’t fi nd what you are looking for here then are plenty of places that offer special pre-show head to originalshrewsbury.co.uk where you’ll fi nd dinner menus. Whether show time is a theatre lots more listings and ideas on places to visit. performance by the river or a fresh and funny night of comedy, Shrewsbury promises an impressive line-up. 4 6 8 10 DRINKS THE BEST EAT MUSIC AFTER DARK BEERS OUT AND MOVES Contents 12 14 16 18 STAGE RETREAT PARKING PICK A PLACE AND SCREEN TO SLEEP AND TRAVEL 3 Shrewsbury Night Magazine Final art.indd 3 10/06/2015 17:22 DRINKS AFTER DARK Why head home when it’S HAPPY HOUR? For Happy Hour cocktails head to the hip Libertine Cocktail Bar and Tearoom on Butcher Row between 3pm and 7pm, Sunday to Friday. Don’t miss their sister venue next door, the House of the Rising Sun. It’s a must-visit. With more real ales than any other pub or bar in Shrewsbury, there’s plenty to make you happy FOUR THINGS TO DO ON at the Salopian Bar on Smithfield Road. They’re A FRIDAY NIGHT open every day from 11am to midnight and its 1• Catch your breath in a colourful and cosy Happy Hour between 6pm – 8pm, Sunday to corner of Chez Sophie on Mardol Head. Thursday. Look out for the real ale specials and Their cookie monster and artful dodger their Belgian and American beers. milkshakes will give you the kick start you need before a big night out. For a traditional pub and plenty of Cask Marque ales head to the Coach and Horses on Swan 2• Why not set sail on the Sabrina Boat with Hill. It’s Happy Hour from 5pm to 9pm on Monday your favourite friends and make it a Friday and from 5pm to 7pm from Tuesday to Friday. night to remember? Private evening hire includes a three hour cruise from 7.30pm, Happy Hour at Ashley’s Bar on Shoplatch runs dinner and use of the bar and boat until 1am. from 2pm until 7pm on Thursdays and Fridays. They’re known for pouring the perfect pint 3• When you get hungry, head to the thanks to their Heineken smart dispense system Golden Cross on Princess Street. The which comes in the form of ice covered pumps restaurant is quirky and characterful and on the bar. the rich menu is packed with everything from locally-reared venison and rare- breed porkers, to artisan breads and rich blue-veined cheeses. 4• Friday nights are live music nights at Henry Tudor House, the great Grade I listed, half-timbered building on Barracks Passage off Wyle Cop. The venue may be intimate but it still attracts some big names - Kiki Dee and Beverley Craven have both performed here. 4 Shrewsbury Night Magazine Final art.indd 4 10/06/2015 17:22 “We are lucky to have a great network of locally owned bars in Shrewsbury. My friends and I like to do a ‘cocktail safari’, usually starting at Henry Tudor House and ending up at Blind Tiger passing through Porterhouse, House of the Rising Sun and others on the way.” Jessie Hinds, Marketing Co-ordinator, Hatchers COCKTAILS AND COOL If you like your cocktails with cool lighting and architecture then stop off at St Nicolas Café Bar on Castle Street. The Raspberry Silk is their most popular mix and on Saturday nights it will be accompanied by live music. The cocktails at the Elizabethan Drapers Hall Award winning cocktail bartender, James on St Mary’s Place are a true celebration of the Hitchin, at The Alb on Castle Foregate will help Shrewsbury drapers who once dealt in cloth you create your own masterpiece with a DIY and Welsh wool. Look out for the Rampant cocktail or cocktail class. Look out for their Ram and the Raspberry Rascal. signature cocktail, the Zombie. Cocktail kings Bran and James at Riverbank It’s the theatre and talent of the team of makers Bar and Kitchen and NY Lounge on Victoria and shakers at the Libertine Cocktail Bar Quay both have mixology qualifications and and Tearoom on Butcher Row that make it a hold regular Cocktail Master-Classes in their must-visit for cocktails. Their long standing best dedicated cocktail lounge on the upper floor. seller is their Cassanova Martini - a passion fruit The fine riverside views from both floors go hand martini topped with pineapple, vanilla foam and in hand with Riverbank’s speciality drinks and popping candy. restaurant menu, which is served until 10pm. 5 Shrewsbury Night Magazine Final art.indd 5 10/06/2015 17:22 THE BEST BEERS SUPPING A GREAT PINT IN A WELCOMING baskets is the place to start before retreating to HOSTELRY IS A TRADITION WHICH LIVES ON the fireside as the evening chill sets in. IN SHREWSBURY IN SOME STYLE. WHETHER CHOOSING A LOCAL BREW OR A REAL ALE Test the team at The Three Fishes on Fish Street FROM ANOTHER REGION, YOU CAN DRINK to recommend an ale at this traditional CAMRA IN SHREWSBURy’S HISTORY AND HERITAGE approved pub set in a Tudor timbered building. AT PUBS PACKED WITH ORIGINAL FLAVOUR. It’s proudly appeared in the Good Beer Guide since 2002. Cromwell’s on Dogpole is a wine bar but don’t let that fool you, as beer lovers are well catered Craft and world beers served up at the quirky for and warmly welcomed. Their secluded, ivy independent bar Blind Tiger on Hills Lane, make clad garden terrace is the place to catch the last this relative newcomer a select spot to head for. rays of sun of the day. Gather a group of friends to play one of their board games – choose from Jenga, Monopoly For a good old fashioned pint call in at The Nag’s and Scrabble to name but a few. They’re a great Head on Wyle Cop. Check out the medieval ice breaker if you’re on a first date! mansion in its beer garden and meet eclectic characters in a proper pub. Alternatively head to “Blind Tiger and The Salopian have a the Wheatsheaf Inn on High Street for their Cask good range of interesting American Beers Marque ales, open mic nights and folk sessions. and Pale Ales that you’re not likely to find anywhere else in Shrewsbury. If you like While trying the beers at The Armoury on Victoria to try something different, these would Quay, you can relax on the riverbank and take in definitely be for you.” the scenery. Sitting under the bountiful hanging James Clayton, Architect, AHR 6 Shrewsbury Night Magazine Final art.indd 6 10/06/2015 17:22 LIKE IT LOCAL? It would be a shame to visit Shrewsbury and not sample some quality beers from local breweries. Look out the likes of Shropshire Gold from Salopian Brewery which has been brewing great beers since the mid-1990s. The family-run Stonehouse Brewery in Oswestry is another label to seek out. It produces a small award-winning range of distinctive tasting beers. Listed in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2015, The Vaults, on Castle Gates, has a changing Shropshire’s Hobsons Brewery in selection of real ales from award winning Cleobury Mortimer is one of the most breweries. There’s a roof garden if fresh air adds sustainable breweries in the UK so why not to the pleasures of your pint.