March 10th, 2010 by rich
Back in January, on a snowy winter’s day, some of the guys from Urban Beach and Reef left the seaside behind and ventured up to the big city. The morning was spent trying coffee at various coffee shops (particular mention to Monmouth Coffee shop) and then we headed over to West London to Hammersmith & award winning Sipsmith Independent Sprits Distillery. Located behind a blue garage door in a quiet residential street & only operating since Spring 2009, once a home to whisky expert Michael Jackson, we were warmly greeted by Fairfax and Jared the
The team at Sipsmith distilleryin front of Prudence
Sipsmith Founders. They openly shared with us how they handmade in small batches London Dry Gin & Barley Vodka using carefully selected botanicals, barley and pure water from Lydwell Springs. Then with a little help from ‘Prudence’ their handmade copper-pot still- the 1st in London for 189 year – an intense, aromatic & pure spirit is created. Their passion & enthusiasm was evident & inspiring to us and we feel proud to sell their product at both bars. Please come try them! Of course the rest of the day was not spent sitting by a log fire in a rustic London pub drinking London Pride or having snow ball fights!!
Maria
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March 6th, 2010 by Andy
Some of you will remember that about six months ago we sponsored the viewing of a movie called the ‘end of the line’ at a cinema in Christchurch. We were joined by the producer ‘Claire Lewis’ and held a Q and A session at the end of the movie.
It’s a very hard hitting film about fish, fishing and the state of our oceans. It had a dramatic effect on how we do business and how we source the fish that we sell.
I can’t recommend enough that you take a look, draw your own conclusions and eat fish responsibly. If you get a bit depressed halfway through, hang in there, since it does get a bit more positive by the end as to what we can actually do and what is getting better.
I don’t think enjoy is probably the right word, but take a look and be interested at least.
Details of the screening are below:
THE END OF THE LINE 105 MINS
Saturday 6 March, 19:15 – Channel 4
Rupert Murray’s acclaimed film looks at the imminent, devastating consequences of unchecked, unregulated sea fishing across the globe.
You can also find a lot more about fish, fishing and the state of our oceans on their website: www.endoftheline.com
THE END OF THE LINE - Where have all the Fish Gone???
Tags: Eat fish responsibly, THE END OF THE LINE
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January 16th, 2010 by rich
Here at Urban Reef not only do we love our food and drink but we really love a few good tunes. A few people have asked recently for a copy of our playlist, well we’ve got a good few days worth of music on the system so instead we’ve set up a Spotify playlist with at least one track from each of the albums on our playlist. This way if you like one of the songs you can click on the artist and find more songs by them. Happy Listening!
Click here for the tunes
Keep watching as we’re still adding the rest to the list! x
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December 29th, 2009 by rich
Uri Tal - Flamenco Guitarist
Live music on Wednesday nights is back for 2010 from the 20th January. Through the colder months we’ll be up in the restaurant with some relaxed and atmospheric entertainment from some pretty darn talented musicians. We’ll make sure that the entertainment adds an extra touch of atmosphere to the evening without drowning out the conversation!
Starting us off is the ever impressive Steve Banks with his melodic and jazzy interpretations on all manner of songs. Followed on the 27th by Phil Dewhurst.
Tags: live music; atmosphere; entertainment; bands; singer;
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December 13th, 2009 by mark
Mulled wine on Boscombe Overstrand
Just mulling another batch of mulled wine down at the Urban Reef.
Should be ready about 11am.
£3 for a takeaway whilst strolling along the prom in the sunshine…
Ho Ho Ho…Don’t you love crimbo xx
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December 11th, 2009 by mark
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You can now follow us on our facebook page http://tiny.cc/urbanreef or http://twitter.com/theurbanreef to keep up to date with offers and events
throughout the year. Follow us now and you’ll always be in touch. xx
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December 11th, 2009 by mark
Boscombe Crane
The crane has disappeared off the Boscombe sky line at last with our Barratt home neighbours. Boscombe redevelopment continues apace and we’ll be ship shape for summer…lovely x
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November 18th, 2009 by Andy
Massive waves at Boscombe
With the high winds today at Boscombe we have seen some huge waves by the pier, which is great for surfing, bodyboarding and windsurfing. but it’s all looking a bit messy on the Reef today. You can checkout our webcam to see what the conditions are currently like at Boscombe
Tags: Boscombe, Great waves at boscombe
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November 13th, 2009 by Andy
Friday the 13th may not be lucky for some!…
Friday the 13th may not be lucky for some!… but if you were lucky enough to be down at the Reef today you would have been in for a real treat with the chance to try out some awesome waves.
We have been keeping an eye on things down here at the Urban Reef and over the past couple of weeks there has been a real change, with the conditions just starting to be right for the actual reef to begin doing its thing. With a great view from the Restaurant and a good surf forecast, hurry down for some lunch and a coffee and watch the action. For those of you who can’t make it but fancy a wee tease check out the webcam
Tags: Boscombe Surf Reef in action, Boscombe Surf Reef webcam, Urban Reef
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