Monthly Archives: September 2009

The Vineyard Newcastle taking on muppets as bar staff

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And the winner of the “most pretentious up their own arse barman” award is Phill from the Vineyard aka 1 Grey Street. Phillip Maxwell is his full name, and he takes the award hands down.

For an unknown reason some (a small minority) of the bar staff in Newcastle think they own the town. They think they are better than the public because they are on the other side of the bar. Phillip Maxwell is one of those people. The only power they have in life is they can act like an arse, and seem to be able to get away with it because they will use the “he was drunk” line (it doesnt matter if that is true). If it were any other retail sector they simply would not get away with it, if they were rude or abusive, they would be put in their place.

Phillip Maxwell decided that he didnt like  someone, so used his massive power to go and tell the bouncer to throw a person out, he looked pretty pleased with himself….This was in fact a girl, what a hero MR Maxwell is, having to get a bouncer to throw out a girl. A person with intelligence or experience would try to diffuse the situation, or at least be friendly.

The Vineyard is a good bar, who unfortunatly employ this numpty. I bought a vodka and Redbull like i reguarly do, and in the 5 years i have been going to this bar i have never encountered any problems, i get my drink i asked for, pay my money and that is that, as it should be. However, Phill decided for some reason act like an arse, did not give me the can of Redbull (which i have paid for) poured some into the vodka and took the can away. I asked him about this and he repeated “its finished, its finished”…It is clear it was not, which is illegal. If i buy something then i should get it, i have a receipt (shown below) with Redbull listed, however never got it….If i was in a clothing store and paid for a suit, i wouldnt be happy if they told me “here you go, we dont have a jacket to go with it though”. This is against the Sale of Goods act, as the item purchased was not “as described”.

No Change Due? Lies...

No Change Due? But i got change…suspecious.

 This article has been updated as we received a complained from Phillips Mummy.

Newcastle Council Are Wankers and Trash “Trashed” @ The Attic

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There has been yet more things in the media and on the news in the past week about alcohol and how its wiping out the planet, killing everyone who comes into contact with it like its anthrax. Newcastle City Council are doing their “we’re doing something about it” part, by slamming the promotion that The Attic or “people at the Attic” decided to run.

The Attic decided to house a “lets all get drunk” style of night, called Trashed which was supposed to run every Tuesday. However The Council have now decided that this is far too extreme, calling a night trashed and advertising it with statements such as “If you are sober enough to drive home at 3am we’ll give you your entry fee back”. The night got cancelled.

There is some group of losers called “Balance” who are the first alcohol agency aka the “we dont want you to have a good time” brigade. Their director, Colin Shevills said something interesting which was:

“This is one of the most outrageous and irresponsible drinks promotion offers I have ever witnessed. “Two things worry me about it: the alcohol is so cheap and it makes it seem totally harmless, which it is not.
“The thing that is new to me is that it seems to be rewarding people who get the most drunk.”

OK MR Shevills, i ask you, have you EVER had a night out in Newcastle? I dont think so. If you have, then you will find that MANY of the bars offer drinks promotions, free shots on entry, buy x and get y free, the list is endless. So why has this been singled out? Is it the name, Trashed? Maybe.

OK, so the bar should probably not encourage binge drinking, that is fair enough. But why do these people not understand you have to be an adult to buy alcohol, and if i want to drink myself into oblivion then i will. If i want to have a pint then i will do that. I am an adult and i will choose what i drink and how much i will drink. If people want to drink lots then they will, regardless of things such as price. If for example a bottle of alcopop goes from £3.50 a bottle to £10 (lets exaggerate a bit) people will move onto something else like vodka, because you get more drunk on that. If people want to get drunk for the sake of it then they will simply buy whatever happens to be the cheapest form of alcohol. You cannot price everyone out of it, because bars would loose money and most would have to close.

The promotion just highlighted that it wanted you to get drunk, in reality all the bars want you to be drunk, because being drunk means you are spending money. So why dont the Council remove all the licences for the bars which run any kind of promotion, then we will have literally a handfull of bars, which means Newcastle, “A great night out” will have lots and lots of empty buildings and look terrible. Does this mean that ‘all you can eat’ places and things of that nature should be closed down, because that encourages obesity? Kiss goodbye to the Tourism/student money Council people :)

Newcastle nightlife is for people who want to have a good time. We do not need a bunch of suit wearing morons to tell us how to have a night, espeically when they clearly do not have a clue what is going on. Seriously, get with the program.

Linekers Newcastle is Stag and Hen Heaven

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For the first time i went into Linekers Bar in Newcastle which used to be 55Degrees North and also Box.

It is still a huge space, like it was previously, and it can look very empty indeed if you dont fill the space. We went early, (making excuses for it already) but still were in there till around 8.30 and there were some people in there, but far from full.

They have offers on for drinks before 8pm, my friend got a double vodka and was charged the normal price and not the offer price which is plastered all over the walls.

As for other drinks, they have a good selection, but dont expect anything premium in this place; I suppose its not the market they are aiming for, and its a good job because they miss it in spectacular style. I specificly asked the barman “do you do redbull” which he said ‘yes’ so i got one….then he pulls out a litre bottle of red rooster, opens it, pours some in and puts it back…HOW CHEAP!!! Its one thing when the bars use cheap energy drinks, and the bars which use 1 can for different people (which is out of order) but this is worst i have seen.

The place attracts the Stag and Hen parties, and when i was in there must of been 3 or 4 in there at the same time. These make up most the people, so it was strange to see maybe 100 people in the place, but segregated into 6 or 7 groups with massive spaces in the middle.

They do have nice sofas to sit on, massive tv screens so if you like sport this is the place to go. I noticed they have Sky Italia hooked up, which means they have the ability to broadcast more or less every premiership game.

I dont think i would go back here. It was a change, but because of its location it doesnt get enough people in it needs to, making the place look empty, just as it did when it was Box. They need a designer to design a better use of the massive space they have.