Between the Station and the Train

Thanet's newest real ale pub has just opened in Broadstairs High Street. Mind the Gap is a new venture of Clare Galvin and her husband Shawn, who along with Ian Noble run the award winning Yard of Ale in nearby St Peter's.

The pub is split into two rooms with a ground floor area housing a mix of table & chairs and a couple of sofas for seating and an upper level where there is a bar counter behind which is the cool stillage area. 

A nice large b&w picture of a goods train leaving Broadstairs station adorns one wall, while a model railway track runs around the top of the ground floor room.

I hope Clare & Shawn make a success of this excellent pub.

A Surprise Pub Opening

It was with surprise to find that the former [Bracket] pub on Margate Sea Front, which over the years has been known as the Cinque Parts Arms and the Punch & Judy - and was used last year as the HQ for the Dreamland fun park - had morphed into Ale Caesar, a pop-up pub.

Housed in the ground floor bar area of the pub, the place serves up to three real ales from a cool room that has been built utilising part of the long bar counter. As well as the real ales, real cider along with wine and a couple of bottled beers are also served 

The wall’s wood panelling has stripped back to bare wood giving it a rustic feel; they are decorated with film & tv stills. Seating is a mix of table & chairs and sofas while bench seating is installed at the windows overlooking the main sands. 

Landlord Matt Edmondson has a lease on the place until October, and hopes to extend this if business is good over the summer.
On my visit a couple days after opening I had a pint of Gadds' No.5 which was superb. An excellent addition to the Margate pub scene and well worth seeking out.  

I've Forgotten

I've forgot that I had started this blog many moons ago. Well it's time I began to write on it again.
In the next couple days you will have my thoughts on Thanet's micropub scene.
Just come back soon