A new craft beer pub seems already well on the way to creating a community hub as it celebrates a hectic first few days of business.
The Beer Drop in Low Fell, Gateshead, is marking its first week of opening with another busy weekend for owners Charlie and Julie Gibbs. Customers have been packing out the micropub - converted the former Pattison’s Card Shop - and Charlie says: "It's been off the scale. It's literally smashed expectations."
The pair gutted and transformed the premises in Durham Road into a popular-culture theme drinking den which is full of conversation by day and takes on a buzzy vibe at night. They are the couple behind regional success story Steampunk Gin and previously ran Peyote Mexican Cantina restaurant - just opposite their new pub - both of which are now sold and Julie also runs nearby wine and beer shop The Rare Drop which inspired the name for their new venture.
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