The latest pub property news includes updates from Brucan Pubs, The Blind Rabbit, Lunar Pub Company, and a new retro arcade bar for Edinburgh as well as wildlife zone for Cornwall pub.
Edinburgh’s first retro Arcade bar opens
Edinburgh’s is to get its first retro arcade bar, NQ64. The Lothian Road bar has been transformed into a neon splattered drinking den, with NQ64’s signature UV graffiti designs adorning the walls, floor and ceiling.
It will be home to a large selection of retro arcade machines and a bunch of classic consoles. More than 30 retro arcade game machines will be available with fan favourites and cult classics from the past five decades, operated using distinctive NQ64 tokens, which are purchased at the bar. When the tokens run out there are free-to-play classic consoles including the Playstation 1 and N64 featuring the classic Golden Eye.
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Pubs have stepped up to help their communities amid a tough third lockdown in England.
South west London pub the Hunter’s Moon has lent the venue’s kitchen and team of chefs to support an initiative to provide meals for key workers and the vulnerable.
The Chelsea pub has offered its services to Family Meal, a charity which provides food to NHS staff, essential workers and disadvantaged members of society.
Chef director Oliver Marlowe and director Hubert Beatson-Hird are prepared for the pub to provide more than 1,000 meals a day to those in need.
No brainer
Beatson Hird said: “When we were approached by Family Meal to provide the Hunter’s Moon as its base for this lockdown, it was a no brainer for us. While we can’t welcome customers in, the least we can do is support the NHS and the disadvantaged, and this is our way of giving a little back. It’s great to have Oliver back in the kitchen with his team and to be supporting the incredible