Christies, Birchington

Calls itself a wine bar, but beer is generally the order of the day here as far as I could see on a Sunday lunchtime. Anyway, the wedge-shaped building has plenty of windows on the long facade of the station side of the ground floor so the place had a light look with semi-modern furniture around an almost island servery. The rear beer garden is a bit unusual as it is not fenced off from the road and there is a memorial obelisk in the grounds. Food available daily except Mondays and regular live music advertised. Just London Pride (£4.00) available from the two handpumps on different parts of the counter.

Official site of Christies Wine Bar - christieswinebar.webs.com