North Bar has an incredibly busy week of cycling and beer and fun

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As the eagle-eyed among you will notice, this blog post is a whole two weeks late. Just when you got used to regular updates from us, we go and pull […]

Atomium is Nigh

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Atomium is nigh   Earth has become a desolate wasteland. Cities have crumbled. The human race has dwindled into near extinction.  In the daily struggle that we now call life, […]

North Bar turns 18 and has a ball at the US Beer Festival

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Howdy y’all, ‘Sup, Hola, Hi-diddly-ho, and other such typical American greetings. It’s been a busy month for us here at North. We kicked off at the very beginning of July […]

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A few weeks shy of 18 years ago North Bar opened with humble aspirations.  A place for nice people to drink.  A short stumble along that journey we discovered the […]

Management trip to Belgium

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Where did it all start?  Back in 1997 when North Bar opened we offered a limited range of pedestrian beer.  But we served it with what is best described as […]

Our house beer #2 North Boom 97

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We served 5% Lindeboom Pils for years and years and years. Unlike some beer snobs we really value lager and a great lager or two has always been a lynchpin […]

Butcher’s Cut: Hanger Steak

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It’s been all about the veg this summer in the kitchen. From heirloom tomatoes and courgettes, to broad beans and pea shoots, British summer veg is all things light, fresh and […]

Produce of the Week: Heirloom Tomatoes

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  Produce of the Week: Heirloom Tomatoes Summer has finally arrived, and we couldn’t be happier. Our beer garden has been buzzing with drinkers and diners — reading books, holding […]

Meet The Cross Keys Kitchen : Ryan

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Meet Ryan Bray This week’s #xkeyskitchen blog post is a bit different; instead of food, we’re talking people (don’t worry, they’re foodie-type people) in our first ever Cross Keys kitchen staff […]

Too drunk to hunt. Founders Brewing Co. Camping Trip

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Having missed the highly anticipated, sell out, Founders beer dinner at The Cross Keys (what can I say, it fell on a ‘dry day’…) I was chuffed to bits to […]