Pub of the Week: Three B's in Bridlington is a welcoming micropub in an old sweet shop

The rise of the micropub over the past couple of decades has been welcomed by every drinker with any sense. They often breathe life into unused buildings or unfavoured parts of towns, they offer (mostly) local ales and ciders and they’re still largely avoided by lairy lager drinkers looking for a change from their usual sticky carpet pub circuit.

By Dave Lee

Published 24th Jun 2023, 06:00 BST

My only real criticism of micropubs is that so few of them offer food. They all do crisps and nuts but I always insist that a pub’s not a proper pub without a pork pie or a curled up cheese sandwich under a cloche on the bar top.

A delight it was then to walk into the Three B’s (their apostrophe) in Brid. For there, on a chalk board was the food special of the day – pie and peas. Thanks to a microwave and a bit of effort, punters are able to enjoy a simple but classic dish to go with their pint. I went for sausage roll and peas as the pies hadn’t materialised from the local butcher that day

. Despite this, there was certainly no complaint from my direction.

The Three B’s is a former sweet shop in the middle of the town, run by husband-and-wife team Mark and Cheryl Bates.

Both CAMRA members, they sold their house and moved from the Midlands to create the kind of pub they would want to drink in themselves. And a grand job they’ve done of it.

Despite opening just a fortnight before lockdown, the Bates’s have battled through and now find themselves with a thriving pub and attached 3-bed B&B. That’s two more Bs, making five in total.

Though only a small building, the pub has a surprising capacity of 30, with space for another six seated in the sun trap out front.

I can see myself visiting again in the summer months, pointing the kids toward the beach and settling into a schair outside with an endless stream of cider and pie and peas. Bliss.

2 Marshall Avenue, Bridlington, YO15 2DS, Hull, HU8 7EY

www.threebspubbrid.co.uk

Tel: 01262 604235