British food and drinks take centre stage at The Corn Stores
Reading is welcoming The Corn Stores, a new all-day dining restaurant, bar and members’ club which champions British suppliers. Set to open in December, the venue is the third and soon-to-be flagship site from Rarebreed Dining. The three-storey Victorian listed building, located on Fornbury Road, has been sympathetically restored by the group and will boast …
Eclectic to open new Coalition club in Reading
Eclectic Bars is to launch a new nightclub, Coalition, in Reading, building on the success of its venue of the same name in Brighton. The new club will be in Gun Street on the first floor of the company’s bar, Smash, which combines cocktails, craft beer and pizza with ping pong. The space was formerly …
Eclectic to unveil new table-tennis concept in Reading
A bar and restaurant featuring table tennis is set to be opened in Reading this month by Eclectic Bars as part of its move into “leisure” concepts. Called Smash, it has been developed on the ground floor of the company’s Sakura venue in Gun Street. It will feature over 50 craft beers and ciders, “artisan” …
MatchBox shakes up Reading’s late-night scene
Late-night bar and club MatchBox has opened in Reading with cocktails and a stylish interior by designers 44th Hill The bars of Berlin, east London and New York City have provided inspiration for Reading town centre’s new late-night venue MatchBox. Offering cocktails in a cool “shabby yet chic” interior, it has been created in the …
Investment in new-look Revolution bars reaches £7m
Inventive Leisure has completed £7million of investment in its Revolution bars in six months, ending the year with four refurbishments costing a total of £840,000. It is part of an ongoing Evolution programme to inject a more high-end feel to the concept, with more projects planned for 2014 to take total spend up to £10million. …
