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[Drinking] Hikers Rest?











Cotton Socks

Skint Supporter
Feb 20, 2017
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I can't work out what is happening with that place. Last year it was going to be a shop and even had a shop front ( i think it was premier, the shop next door is something else) with a sign saying 'opening July 2017'. The shop front and sign have now gone and it's looking like it's being repainted etc. scaffolding up when i last saw it. If it does reopen as a pub they really need to get in some good managers who know their stuff so it doesn't end up being what it was many moons ago (think 80's & 90's)!
 












Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,324
Uffern
There was a sign in the shop in the centre of Coldean saying that the pub would be re-opening in the summer but that's now disappeared too.

The planning permission was for a shop, pub and microbrewery - if it's for student accommodation (which many people in Coldean think) they'd need permission for change of use. There's no sign of that on the planning website
 


marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
3,903
Just found this interesting review of the Hikers Rest on a Palace forum from 2003...

07-03-2003, 10:41 AM
The Hikers Rest in Coldean was pretty dodgy. Apprantley they had a framed Palace shirt from a Brighton Palace game...with the blood still on it. I never saw it.

I was one of the few students that could say they went in that pub twice. It was one of those pubs that taxi firms wouldn't pick up from.


http://www.cpfc.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-33740.html
 


pearl

Well-known member
May 3, 2016
12,714
Behind My Eyes
Just found this interesting review of the Hikers Rest on a Palace forum from 2003...

07-03-2003, 10:41 AM
The Hikers Rest in Coldean was pretty dodgy. Apprantley they had a framed Palace shirt from a Brighton Palace game...with the blood still on it. I never saw it.

I was one of the few students that could say they went in that pub twice. It was one of those pubs that taxi firms wouldn't pick up from.


http://www.cpfc.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-33740.html

from personal experience the taxi thing was true
 




Postman Pat

Well-known member
Jul 24, 2007
6,971
Coldean
Been renamed as Ruby. Cafe, bar, restaurant and Indian takeaway.

Rumours are that it will be a sports bar so could be ideal for match days.

Scaffolding has been removed and sign painted today. Might be close to re-opening.
 


The Kid Frankie

New member
Sep 5, 2012
2,082
Been renamed as Ruby. Cafe, bar, restaurant and Indian takeaway.

Rumours are that it will be a sports bar so could be ideal for match days.

Scaffolding has been removed and sign painted today. Might be close to re-opening.

I've said for years a curry house/sports bar would be a winner. ******** have nicked my idea.
 






Lenny Rider

Well-known member
Sep 15, 2010
5,374
I once asked a well known Brighton based pub chain owner if he ever fancied taking on the Hikers Rest?

He replied " I'm a licensee not a missionary"
 















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