Steam Cafe Bar, Bristol

Official site of Steam Cafe Bar - www.steamcafebar.com

A fairly recent addition to this end of town in a building that was formerly a pizza restaurant, it is, as it’s name suggests, more of a café/bar type establishment than your traditional pub and follows the current trend of having a stripped out industrial look. Inside it’s one large open plan room, with a long bar counter to the left and a stage area at the front. A notice outside advertised a comedian was on from 7:00pm, although it was in fact almost 8:30 before he got going. Flooring is all painted concrete, whilst the walls have been painted in a shade of marine blue. Seating is mostly picnic style benches with a few black leather sofas dotted around. Five large pictures along one wall depicted each of New York’s boroughs. A dark grey tiled ceiling had all the air-conditioning ducting on plain view, although they had gone to the trouble of painting it red which makes a change from the usual bare metal. Some unused, large diameter bits of ducting had been cut in to lengths and had a cushion affixed to the top to make bar stools. Food wise, the menu appeared to offer a selection of burgers, waffles, hot dogs and pizzas, with most of the latter being somewhere around the £9/£10 mark. Unfortunately there were no real ales on tap, just keg DNA from Charles Wells, although even this had run out. The solitary cider was Thatcher’s Gold.

Official site of Steam Cafe Bar - www.steamcafebar.com