Bungalows & Bears, Sheffield

By the time i got round to do this pub Will had met me and was showing round some of Sheffields finest bars. Once inside there is one very large room with the bar facing,there were some low leather settees to the front,and normal tables and chairs to the rear,there was some very loud music playing during our visit. There were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of York Terrier which went down very well,the other beer was from Navigation brewery. The bar was very busy on our late Saturday afternoon visit,like most bars in this area of town. Pub visited 19/4/2014

A huge barn of a place - it is a former fire station, after all - but the space is somewhat cluttered by pillars, some clad in wood panelling, some just bare I-beams, a motley collection of old sofas and tables, and random objects such as folding screens and old radio sets. The large centrally placed bar has three hand pumps. On my visit there was Old Rosie cider, Yorkshire Terrier from York Brewery and "build a rocket boys!", the beer created by Elbow in conjunction with Robinsons brewery. Considering its parentage, this was surprisingly good. There was hard-to-identify music from the alternative/jazz/funk/indie/who-knows end of the spectrum, which was interesting and at a tolerable volume. My visit was mid-afternoon, so I may not have got the full flavour of the place, but I wouldn't mind coming back, probably at the same time of day, judging by what I've seen and heard when passing by later at night on other occasions.