Kommune, Sheffield

Kommune is a food hall with drinking options. Occupying Castle House, that used to house the Co-op and latterly the post office in Sheffield's town centre, this building had been mostly vacant for a long time until this innovative idea was put forward. The large and mostly unfurnished space, with glimpses of the fantastic staircase that linked the Co-op's many floors, is occupied by various food outlets and a plethora of numbered tables, the idea being that you order your food (fish, pizza, Indian street food, etc) at the various counters, and when it is ready it is brought to your table. There is a bar with keg beers and ciders, but no real ales, plus water and other non-alcoholic drinks, and of course there is nothing to stop anyone buying just a drink, if they wish to do so. The beers include a lager and a pale ale from Freedom Brewery of Rugeley in Staffordshire (both vegan), plus Reverie from Abbeydale and a couple of beers from Neepsend: Wolf IPA and Blonde.