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FOOD & DRINK: Revenge of the Burgers!

FOOD & DRINK: Revenge of the Burgers!

You can’t keep a good man down – it was only a matter of time before Barry Nelson would surface again and he is back managing and cooking in the kitchen of a new Burger Bar upstairs at Bar Revenge called Burgershack.

Memorial benches to ‘Mouse and Gloria’ dedicated

Memorial benches to ‘Mouse and Gloria’ dedicated

Friends and colleagues of Michael ‘Mouse’ Burton and Gary ‘Gloria’ Swan gathered under cloudy skies in New Steine Gardens, on Sunday (July 23) to dedicate two memorial benches in both their names. Both Michael and Gary who died unexpectedly towards the end of 2016 were very popular on the commercial

Benches to be named after former popular employees today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens

Benches to be named after former popular employees today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens

A pair of benches will be named after two popular former employees who worked on the LGBT+ commercial scene for many years, today at 2.30pm in New Steine Gardens in the shadow of the Aids Memorial.At the end of March some of Brighton’s LGBT+ venues came together to raise money to purchase two memori

Revenge steps up security

Revenge steps up security

From Friday, June 8, Bar and Club Revenge will be stepping up their security policies with extra door staff, more searches and new hand-held security metal detectors on entry to both venues.

Bar Girl Profile: Lou Foley @Bar Revenge

The first person many LGBT+people meet when they first arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These ‘gatekeepers’ to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Over the coming months we will be finding out a little more about them

Venues celebrate a job well done!

Venues celebrate a job well done!

A partnership of LGBT+ venues have raised £2,186.30 to purchase memorial benches in memory of two former employees. Managers at Bar Revenge, Charles Street, Legends, Revenge and Queens Arms came together from March 30 – April 2 for a UNITY Fundraiser Weekend in memory of Gary ‘Gloria’, Swan who work

OBITUARY: Gary Swan – ‘Gloria’

OBITUARY: Gary Swan – ‘Gloria’

Anyone who has supported the Brighton commercial scene over the last 30 years will probably at some point have had contact with Gary either as a friend or a customer at one of the many venues he worked at. The majority of us knew him as Gloria.

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