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RE: THE HUDSON'S BAR & GRILL.
A bunch of the old Hat & Feather regulars set up a Hat & Feather reunion night for 1 night only on 21st MARCH 2009.
Lots of people turned up and all was going well until the new Landlord of Hudson's Bar & Grill, Richard Fenton called the police. Why? Because there were too many people in his bar and they were disturbing his customers who were eating!
I'll leave you all to make your own mind up about Richard Fenton and his very sad Hudson's Bar & Grill and the pitiful regular client�le he attracts.
On a plus point he was told by the police that it was one of the nicest pub crowds that they had encountered that evening and he, Richard Fenton, was wasting the police's time!
Oh! yes I forgot to mention. The beer is awful and the drinks are severely overpriced and to top it all the staff are terrible.
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Having left school, back in the 'post-punk' days, I went looking for 'life'. I found it in the Hat and Feather, or 'the 'a'' as we called it.I grew up there, became the person I am today. I frequented all the pubs in Walcot, went to live in Walcot, but the Hat was number one for me. It was my local. The passing of the Hat and Feather marks the end of an era; they were great times and the Hat was a great pub, a pub unlike any other I have been in.
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My old dad was a copper in Bath in the 60's When i got to be 15 he told me "never go in the Hat n feather it's trouble!" guess where i headed as soon as i thought i could pass for 18? The place was like a wild west saloon, it even had a swing half latticed door. the gents bogs were hard core old fashioned ceramics ! Hard rock music, bare floorboards, serious drinker guys bit toothless but very friendly, old feel to place but all was nailed down.....soon as you walked in you knew this was a serious drinking place and there was a feeling of .....phew it's quiet now ... i'll just have a quick pint now and move on.....I went because it always served the best pint of 6X in town and me dad said don't go. It was the epitome of spit and saw dust and for me will always be the best pub ever closely followed by the Horse and Jockey at Stanedge in Saddleworth
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This was my local when I was a student in Bath in the late eighties and early nineties. Smiles Best and Thatchers Cider. Gutted that its closed. Popped a few years ago after my mates funeral and it was apparent it was on a bit of a downward spiral then. Will have to rely on the memories - if I can remember any of them.
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The "Hat" was one of my fave pubs in the early 80s. It was full of great characters. A sad loss for the Walcot community.
anonymous - 18 Feb 2006 13:48 |
Closed down, cleared out, everything gone
Now Hudsons Bar and Grill
anonymous - 28 Dec 2005 00:58 |
It was never my favourite boozer anyway, but it is now truly atrocious. Previous comments speak for themselves - this was not what was called for and the architect behind 'Hudsons' is, in the words of Bill Hicks, a 'soulless spiritless sucker of Satan's c*ck'.
It has no charm, no identity and no virtues. Burn it to the ground.
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Oh dear oh dear, what a wasted opportunity. A fantastic pub in the 70's & 80's falls into disrepair & disrepute in the 90's, only to face the ultimate humiliation of being turned into a cheap and bland 'cocktail bar'. Badly done and totally lacking any respect for the building or it's tradition.
anonymous - 30 Apr 2005 10:17 |
Sorry - can't spell cue!
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Whoever did this to the Hat and Feather should be taken away and shot.
Morally wrong - Please avoid and let this place get what it deserves.
TheGP - 29 Apr 2005 14:23 |
Recently re-opened as Hudsons Bar & Grill at The Hat & Feather. It's an insipid and depressing provincial pastiche of a 1990's trendy bar. It looks dated already despite having been open for a very short time. Entirely predictable minimalism with white walls, white ceiling, brown leather upright chairs (yawn) and square Formica tables all lit with bright halogen.
It's a masterpiece of parochial design for the Ikea generation, taking queues from what was trendy 10 years ago and mixing them in an unimaginative and boring manner to produce a bar that would be equally at home in a modern shopping centre or railway station.
The whole place is completely devoid of soul, which is a travesty because the building itself is a beautiful early C19 pub which oozes character and from the outside promises much.
Worth visiting just the once to see a textbook example of how to destroy a piece of history, right down to it's name.
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Apparently it has been taken over by the landlord of the Grappa bar (see comments under Grappa Bar to see how he's destroyed that place).
Will be re-named Hunters Bar and Grill or something equally lacking in historic charm.
Another one of Baths most memorable pubs bites the dust.
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Seems to have closed down.
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But beware of some of the Mentalist locals..
TheGP - 21 Sep 2004 13:45 |
Quite a "bohemian" pub, gotta a good vibe and some great beers on tap.
The GingerPrince - 11 Aug 2004 15:32 |
