The Winners of the Bloody Mary Contest 2023
1st = Dan Hunter and Nyomi Miah2nd = David Gray and Mark Birmingham3rd = Clair Price and Kevin Harrington Another great fun contest. And it’s hard ro believe it’s become a spectator event as well. Read about Dan and Nyomi’s …
10 Great Reasons to Join CAMRA
Those fine folk from CAMRA dropped off some leaflets at The Retreat this week. They are all about the reasons to join CAMRA. We thought we would share them here as well, just in case you don’t get a chance …
The Formidable Brian Moignard
Read about the formidable Brian Moignard in Zoë Andrew’s blog post from 2021. This was first publishied in Mine’s A Pint issue 54, which somehow I missed. The comments about Brian and The Retreat sit amongst an interesting article about …
Date announced: The Bloody Mary Contest 2023
The Bloody Mary Contest 2023 will be held on Sunday 1 October 2023 >>> more information
The Retreat Recommended on Restaurant Guru
A welcome recommendation for The Retreat from Restaurant Guru – Recommended. Tucked away in St John’s Street, Reading, we continue to meet people that might have heard of The Retreat but didn’t know where we are, so recommendations like this …
Great Jazz Names in Reading
Look at this list of great jazz players that have performed at The Retreat over the last year with Simon Price and Stuart Henderson: Simon and Stuart continue to attract some of the best players to join them; the Sunday …
The Kennet Morris Men
Monday evening saw the return of the Kennet Morris Men to St John’s Street and The Retreat. They performed traditional Morris dances in St John’s Street from about 20.30. Afterwards, they came in for refreshments and singing in the back …
St John’s Street Coronation Street Party
From the Reading Chronicle, best viewed on a laptop or desktop computer. https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23505798.coronation-celebrations-across-reading/
Our current wine list
See our current wine list; a couple of new wines to choose from as well as some popular ones from our previous list.