Very few venues have that quality of being a place you can feel at ease within at any hour of the day or night, but Sheffield’s Harley doubtlessly has just that, functioning equally well for the residents of Steel City as main evening destination, Sunday hangover hideaway and legendary venue, regularly staying open until 5am.
The main attraction of The Harley, it goes without saying, is it’s ever busy gig calendar. The place is booked up (along with it’s larger sister venue, Queens Social Club) by it’s in-house promo team Harley Live, as well as a variety of independent promoters, and manages to pull in a plethora of local and touring bands. Highlights from the past few years have included This Town Needs Guns, Maybeshewill, A Place to Bury Strangers, Tubelord, Three Trapped Tigers and Ghostpoet to name but a few. As well as live shows, there are all manner of great nights regularly laid on, ranging from dubstep to hip-hop, from indie to swing.
However, bands and DJs alone do not make for the perfect all-round venue. By day, The pub becomes theTwisted Burger Kitchen, offering its own take on the burgeoning gourmet burger trend. Not for the faint-hearted, the menu rather reads as a dreamscript for those held in the throes of hangover hunger. Undoubtedly the most doctor-bothering of these is the Once Bitten Twice Fried: a battered and deep fried beef patty, topped with bacon,cheese and onion strings. Other beautifully named creations include the Piggy Smalls (AKA The Notorious P.I.G), which offers triple pig product action, sausage topped with both bacon and bbq pulled pork. Fear not, there are also great veggie options with huge bean and lentil behemoths.
With the bringing together of routinely great line-ups, a good drinks range and a unique food menu, coupled with laidback, friendly staff and its urban art meets vintage shop interior, The Harley will undoubtedly be a second home to Steel City’s student crowd for years to come. To top it all off, it is afully functioning hotel, with upstairs rooms available at a reasonable price, allowing non-residents the chance to stay the night after a show!
Check out The Harley @ theharley.co.uk
And make sure you get down to a show real soon!
Article originally published @ http://musicalmathematics.co.uk/pub-crawl-the-harley-sheffield/
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