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Bars, cafes and restaurants
Bars advertised in 1960
Jersey has many inns and taverns with long histories. A number started life as hotels but have long since stopped taking guests. There was usually at least one adjacent to or in the immediate neighbourhood of the parish churches, and those who had to
travel a long distance on foot for morning service on Sundays
would sit out the day in the closest inn until it was time for the
second service of the day, before heading home in the dark
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Famous Jersey inns in the 1950s
Cognoscenti and literati
The hotels, inns and taverns were in many ways important centres of the community over many years. In his 1970s book The Historical Hotels and Inns of Jersey, historian Philip Ahier wrote:
- "The importance of the tavern in the days when there were no halls or assembly rooms is shown in the fact that it was the focus of the 'light and learning' of the community - a venue where the cognoscenti and literati of the locality met to discuss the problems of the time. Thus, in 1835, there was a 'Hodge Podge Club' which met at the Crown and Punch Bowl at Havre des Pas. This was a sort of Rotary Club at which matters 'historical, philosophical and anecdotal' were related and debated upon. There was, too, in the parish of St Ouen in the late sixties of the 19th century, a literary movement which met at various taverns in that parish and at which lectures on similar subjects were delivered. It is also interesting to note that two island Manorial Courts were held at inns in 18th and even in 19th century days; those of the fiefs of Noirmont and of Anneville, Everat and Lempiere at St Martin, in particular."
Stage-coaches
As was common elsewhere, the inns and taverns in the country parishes were often starting points for stage-coach services to town, and in later years buses to the east of the island started their journey from the Exeter in Queen Street, while services to the west started from the Red Lion in Halkett Place.
1834 guide
The Historical and Descriptive Guide of the Channel Islands of 1834 reveals that there were 98 hotels, inns and taverns in St Helier alone at that time, four of which still remain - the Caesarea in Cattle Street, the Cock and Bottle (for a time the Cosy Corner) and the Royal Square Inn (now the Peirson) in the Royal Square, and Lido's, in Market Street, which was previously the Clarendon Hotel and, in 1834, the Old Kent Coffee House. At the time some taverns were less reputable than others. Some in St Helier, described as 'disorderly houses', allegedly harboured prostitutes, said Philip Ahier, who recalled that payment of the required licence fee enabled anyone to open a tavern. Those in Hilgrove Lane and Pier Road were among the most notorious, and the Red Lamp in Peter Street, which opened in 1844 and closed recently, he describes as openly advertising its original purpose.
Individual histories
Reference
Philip Ahier and W S Ashworth The Historical Hotels and Inns of Jersey
Le Singe Raye
Le Singe Raye was a popular night club in the 1930s, also known by the English translation 'The Striped Monkey'. Situated behind the Pomme d'Or Hotel between Wharf Street and Bond Street, it had something of an unsavoury reputation. It was said by those who used to go there that 'the best entertainment was to be had on the first floor'. Not the sort of establishment which those who went there would approve of their teenage grandchildren frequenting today, perhaps!
Picture gallery of miscellaneous establishments
At the beginning of the 20th century ABC Tearooms, 'The Noted House for Pound Cake', had branches in St Helier at
Bath Street, Cattle Street, and this one at 39
Broad Street
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This fine picture of the Adelphi Hotel in the Parade is of interest as much for the image as what it says on the back of the card. The hotel, now just a public house, but once offering accommodation to visitors, is described in French as being in a central location (true), opposite public gardens (true), with hot and cold running water (presumably true),
and 50 metres from the beach (a whopping lie, because the closest beach was at the other end of Gloucester Street from where the hotel makes the corner with the Parade, and at the time the card was printed that was a distance of nearly 300 metres. Today, land reclamation has pushed the closest stretch of beach even further away from the Adelphi
Apple Cottage at Rozel in 1950. Vanessa Le Blond recalls happy memories of living there: 'My parents owned it from 1962-1967. I loved living there and was sad to leave. They bought it from the Mason family, he was a retired Beefeater. I believe it belonged before that for some time to a lady called Fairy Robinson or Robson. She lived over the road from the cottage when we lived there. It became well known for the Sunday curry lunches my parents served during the winter months. Bert Taylor ran the Rozel Bay pub and Charles and Molly Sharp owned Le Couperon hotel and restaurant. Ces Dorey, the fisherman lived in the bungalow as you go up to the bus terminus and Knights Cafe was where the Navigator was later. On the Breque du Nord leading to the harbour, there was a little newsagent run by a Mrs Benest, where I went to spend my pocket money on sweets'
This picture, taken in 1906, was believed to be Apple Cottage, but has now been positively identified as Rosa Cottage in Vallee des Vaux, resplendant with a thatched roof and 'eyebrow' window
Angleterre Hotel Stable Bar
Drive-in Barbecue was at Gorey
The Adelphi Hotel in the Parade
Paddleboat Bar at the Adelphi
Beachside Cafe, Havre Des Pas
Beachside Cafe, Havre Des Pas
Beauport Cafe, Burrard Street
The British Hotel at Beaumont
Radley Tearooms, Millbrook
Apple Cottage at Rozel was a popular restaurant and tearoom in the 1960s
Apple Cottage is now a private house
A drawing of Apple Cottage
The Baths, on the seafront at St Luke's
Back in business after the war, run by S J Vardon
L'Auberge du Nord, now "The Farmhouse", St John
Aurora Hotel advert from 1911
Bagot Inn regulars in the 1930s
1960s prices at the Bal Tabarin
Beach View Kiosk, Beaumont - picture courtesy of Jersey Temps Passe Facebook group
La Belle Etoile, a popular nightspot at St John in the second half of the 20th century, which later became the El Rancho, then Jersey Pearl and is now private houses called "Fremont Pearl"
1858 advert for lease of Beresford Arms
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière, with thatched roof
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms on the left at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Bivouac Tearooms at La Corbière
Later a popular restaurant and tearoom, the Bivouac, at Corbière, was a hotel in 1931
'Aunty Molly at a Corbière tearoom' - that's all the information we have for this picture
The Blue Dahlia was a fashionable tearoom in St Ouen's Bay in 1948
The Boardwalk Cafe, St Brelade's Bay 1995
Bohemia cafe, St Brelade's Bay
The menu at the Borsalino Rocque, a popular bistro on Jersey's east coast
The Borsalino Rocque - a painting by its owner, Brian Skelly
There was a tearoom at the top of the beach at Bouley Bay for many years, at least into the 1970s (Picture courtesy of Facebook Jersey Temps Passe group)
Le Braye Cafe under construction in June 1964
Britannia Inn, Bel Royal, 1985
Cote du Nord interior in 1950
The British Union at St Lawrence, across the road from the Parish Church
Brown's Cafe, St Brelade's Bay, in the 1920s
Advertisement for Cadena Cafe at Gorey
Advertisement for Cadena Cafe at Gorey
Cafe Capri across the road from the Castle Green at Gorey
Candlelight Grill at the Hotel Revere in Kensington Place
Caribbean Bar, Hotel de la Plage
The Carrefour Selous in St Lawrence, one of the island's oldest and most traditional public houses, now a health centre.
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Known for years as The Firs, the Castle Irwell Hotel is better known today as "Hotel Christina"
Castle Irwell Hotel's Berrel Bar
Central Restaurant in Don Street opposite the side of BHS
Advertisement for the Central bar in 1911
Getting the customers in early to the Central in 1911
Chateau Rocozanne, St Brelade's Bay, in 1949
Central Hotel was in the Royal Square at its eastern end, and has now reverted to its' former name of "The Cock and Bottle", following a long period of being known as The Cosy Corner
Chateau de La Falaise, 1935
Coal Hole Bar in the basement of the Imperial Hotel in La Motte Street
Cobweb Tea Gardens, St Brelade's Bay
Devil's Hole Pavilion from the north
Cobweb Tea Gardens, St Brelade's Bay
Cobweb Tea Gardens, St Brelade's Bay
Cobweb Tea Gardens, St Brelade's Bay
Cobweb Tea Gardens, St Brelade's Bay
The Coffee Pot at West Park, in 1936, next to the western railway crossing
The original Colleen's Cafe at Greve de Lecq viewed from the east
The original Colleen's Cafe at Greve de Lecq viewed from the west
Coom's Halkett Cafe, 1948 advert
Advertisement for entertainment at the Cote du Nord
Cote du Nord on the north coast of Trinity. Also known as La Tourelle ...
... and redeveloped as apartments
A covered wagon advertising the bar
1935 advert in the Jersey Leader
The Customs bar on the Esplanade
Daly's Hotel in 1959, that was once The Grapes and is now "The Lamplighter"
In this 1860 advert in Chronique de Jersey M Bastard announced the opening of Cafe-Restaurant De La Paix at 18 Halkett Street
Devil's Hole Pavilion from the south
The Devonshire at First Tower
1858 advert for lease of Old Dicq Tavern
The Dolphin on Gorey Pier
The Fishermen's Bar at the Dolphin Hotel, Gorey Pier
The Don Hotel in The Parade in 1989, now known as "Kitty O'Shea's"
The Don Hotel in the Parade is named after Lieut-General Sir George Don
The Dorset and Somerset, now known as "The Dog & Sausage"
The Drive-Inn Licenced BBQ Centre, Gorey
The Eagle Tavern in 1988, recently demolished and replaced by flats
Norman House Hotel, later "The Lido Bay Hotel", at First Tower. Now the site of "The Earl Grey" Public House
El Cobre Cafe was a popular cafe in St Brelade's Bay in post-war years
The terrace of El Cobre Cafe
El Tico, St Ouen's Bay, in the 1950s
The bar at the Elfine Hotel
Hotel de l'Europe in 1991, now known as "Chambers"
First Tower Cafe was formerly the First Tower Station of the western railway
La Folie Inn, St Helier Harbour's public house
Advertisement for La Folie Inn showing 1733 as year of establishment
Forte's Restaurant was in La Colomberie
Advertisement for Forte's
La Fosse Tea Gardens at Portelet in 1907
La Fosse Tea Gardens, a hand coloured version of the 1907 photograph
Fowler's Picnic Room at L'Etacq, photographed in the 19th century by Ernest Baudoux
1857 advert for Freemasons Arms
1948 advert for Galleon Restaurant
The Galleon Restaurant was on the corner of Colomberie and Francis Street
Tea rooms opposite the railway terminus at Gorey Harbour
Gorselands, on the coast leading to Rozel. This became the site of the Bistro Frere, which has now been replaced by a £10 million luxury home
Green Island tearooms brochure
Green Island tearooms brochure
Hunt's Tearoom on the shore at Gorey adjacent to what is now Gorey Common Car Park
The Wimbledon was on Grouville Common, was later known as "The Grouville Tavern".
The Gunsite Cafe sited in a concrete bunker constructed in 1942 during the German Occupation
Harbour Cafe stood at the foot of Pier Road in 1967
Harbour Cafe, fron Bond Street when on-street parking was allowed
Harbour Cafe, on the corner of Mulcaster Street and Pier Road
Harbour Cafe looking down Pier Road prior to road widening
The Hawaiian Bar was a popular cabaret venue in the late 20th century
Hector's, Dumaresq Street, in 1975
Hillcrest Cafe across the road from the Castle Green at Gorey
An old coach converted into a kiosk at Le Hocq in the 1980s
The Hole in the Wall inn was opened in 1803 near the Town Church by G Wines, as advertised in English in the Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey ...
The Horse and Hound, with mine hosts, Mr and Mrs George Skelly
Horse and Hound in the snow in 1979
The Hungry Man at Rozel, the only eaterie left there
Il Tinello in Don Street, which became the Bistro Centrale
Isola Bella, formerly the Treasure House, between Bay View and First Tower
Ivy Cafe was at Anne Port
Janvrin's Farm was sited near the car park of the Old Portelet Inn
Janvrin's Farm Barn Restaurant
Janvrin's Farm Restaurant
A young couple at Janvrin's Farm in the 1960s
Janvrin's Cottage Cafe, 1977
The old cafe at Jeffrey's Leap
Cafe at Jeffrey's Leap, Anne Port Bay
Jeffrey's Leap cafe in 1959
The view from the sea side
Les Fontaines, St John, in the 1950s
The Kon Tiki Bar at the Continental Hotel on St Saviour's Road in 1991
La Forge, Plemont, demolition
La Pulente bus cafe in the 1960s
Lillie Langtry bar, La Motte Street
Lobster Pot, a popular restaurant at L'Etacq
1948 advert for the Lobster Pot
Lido's, Market Street, until recently, one of only four 1834 public houses still in business ...
... it has now closed, replaced by an eatery called the Crabshack
Mad Hatter's Restaurant in King Street in the 1960s
Mad Mary's Cafe, Bouley Bay
The Marathon Restaurant was on La Colomberie, almost opposite the end of Grenville Street
The Marina Restaurant at L'Etacq
The Marina Restaurant at L'Etacq
The Marina Restaurant & Bars with L'Etacquerel Guest House on the left
Maris Stella Cafe, St Catherine
La Marquanderie Inn, now known as "The Treehouse", as it was in 1967
In 1910 La Marquanderie was a working farm
Marshalls Cadena Cafe, Goey Pier
The Mermaid, St Peter, now replaced by a residential home
Midbay Cafe, St Brelade in 1979
Midbay Stores and Tearooms
Advert from Jersey Leader, 1935
The Milano Bars was at L'Etacq
A children's party at the Milano in 1958
Milano Bars after it closed
An aerial view of the Milano Bars, on the shoreline in the centre of the picture
1935 advert in the Jersey Leader
The Mitre, Broad Street, now the "Blue Note Bar"
1948, Month's of Colomberie
La Motte Hotel on La Motte Street in 1912
Moulin de Lecq at Grève de Lecq
Moulin de Lecq at Grève de Lecq
The New Mediterranean was a popular nightspot in the late 20th century, now Jersey Gold
New Mediterranean cabaret room
Nite Bite Cafe - but where was it?
Noah's Ark advertised in the Jersey Leader in 1935
The Oddfellows was at 23 Ann Street before the street was rebuilt
The Old England on Cheapside
The Old Portelet Inn 1862
Portelet Inn in the 1960s
The Old Portelet Inn's Floral Bar
Quayside Cafe, St Helier Harbour
The Old Smugglers' Inn, formerly La Finisterre Hotel, at Ouaisné
Finisterre Hotel interior
Smugglers' Inn in the 1950s
Old Station Cafe at Millbrook was also once a train station
Pop's Cafe, Havre des Pas
An invitation to The Oriental on the first floor of 25 King Street
The Oxford in Union Street
Oyster Shell Restaurant, Halkett Place
Parade Hotel in 1964, now known as "Chimes"
Cafe de Paris 1970, now the site of "Dix Neuf"
Cafe de Paris from Market Street
The Pembroke Hotel, now the "Pembroke Inn"
Perrier's Tearooms, Archirondel, now a private house called "Archirondel Cottage"
Le Petit Bijou was in St Ouen's Bay
Plemont Tearooms, which was on top of the headland next to the Steen Plemont Hotel
Prince's Hotel, Havre des Pas
The Prince of Wales Tavern in Hilgrove Street
The restaurant at Prince's Tower, La Hougue Bie, was once a popular eating place
The restaurant at Prince's Tower
The restaurant at Prince's Tower
A postcard described as 'Old House' and showing Laurens Tearoom - now The Priory, Devil's Hole
Les Puits Guest House in St Ouen claimed to have Jersey's smallest bar
La Pulente Hotel in the 1910s
La Pulente Hotel in 1945, now a public house
La Rocque Inn, proprietor M J Le Vesconte
Radley Tearooms at Millbrook
Advert for Red Lion, Halkett Place
Reg's Restaurant at 17 Colomberie in 1951
The Robin Hood Public House was once a hotel
Cafe Romany, Greve de Lecq
The Royal Hotel, St Martin in 1955, now a popular Public House
The Sable D'Or Hotel, on the Five Mile Road, during the Occupation. This later became a popular Public House, which was demolished around 1999 to make way for two modern timber-clad houses
Sable D'Or 1977 - picture Jersey Evening Post
Sable D'Or 1977 - picture Jersey Evening Post
San Remo Cafe, Millbrook - picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
The Seacrest at Corbiere in 1935, when it was a private house
The Seacrest in 1955, when it was still a private house
Secret Garden, Gorey in 1983
The Shack, photographed in 1936, was a popular pre-war cafe at West Park
Single's Tearooms, Gorey Pier
A promotional card for Singles Tearooms in 1911
... and Florrie, another waitress
The Stag's Head, Snow Hill, now known as the 'S' Bar
The Soleil Levant in Bath Street
Breton farmworkers outside their 'local', the Soleil Levant in Bath Street, in the 19th century
Farmworkers outside the Soleil Levant in 1900
Soupe a l'Oignon, New Street
The Southampton at the Weighbridge is no longer a hotel, but remains a public house
In its time the Star Restaurant at the Weighbridge was one of Jersey's best
The cafe at St Catherine's Breakwater has been extended considerably since this was taken in the early 1960s
St Catherine's Cafe as it looks today
St Catherine's tea gardens
The Steak House at Charing Cross
The interior of The Steak House
St John's Public House, once a hotel, to the right of the Parish Church
St John's Hotel tea garden
St Mary's Hotel, now a popular Public House
The Watersplash dance floor4
St Peter's Windmill was turned into an inn in the second half of the 20th century and was rebuilt late in the 1990s with sails added to the mill again. This is the original bar.
The Blue Bar at St Peter's Windmill
St Peter's Country Inn ...
... formerly St Peter's Hotel in the 1950s
The Sugar Basin at Beaumont
The site of the Sugar Basin, on the promenade between Beaumont and La Haule, demolished in 2004
Sun King Chinese Restaurant
The Swan, Hope Street, in 1988
The Tartan Bar Vintage Lounge at The Seagrove Hotel
Swansons bar in the 1960s
Tams, midway along St Brelade's Bay
Signs for Tams Pantry on the opposite side of the road
Tams Pantry garden in the 1970s
The Tea Establishment, 1874
An advertisement for Thackerays on the Esplanade
In an 1870 advert in Chronique de Jersey George Le Breton announced that he had acquired the Town Battalion Inn, at 29 Seaton Place, from Mrs Coutanche
The Trafalgar on Le Mont les Vaux, St Aubin
Tregear's Tearoom on the first floor of 25 King Street offered luncheons and afternoon teas from 2-7.30 and its' waitresses were dressed as geishas
Tregear's Tearoom, which was also known as The Oriental for a time
The Tropicana bar at the Olwyn Grove Hotel, St Lawrence
Underground Hospital cafe
The original Union Inn, photographed in 1966, with the current Union Inn being built in the background
The Victoria Club in 1971
Sorel Pavilion was run by Henry Picot after the Second World War and later sold by the States to C Le Masurier for £5,000
The Victoria Club, now known as "Banjo's" and run by Jersey Pottery
Victoria Hotel, St Peter's Valley, now a public house, the "Vic' in the Valley"
A gathering outside the Victoria Hotel
The Victoria in St Peter's Valley was originally the Hotel de Jersey and Cafe Francais
The Wander In Cafe was in Hilgrove Street
The Watersplash, still very popular today, especially with surfers
Petition to the States regarding the Watersplash
Petition to the States regarding the Watersplash
An advert for the Watersplash
Welcome Hotel, later the Welcome Inn
West End Hotel, Rouge Bouillon
A later West Park Cafe, which opened in 1961
The White Horse Inn at Le Dicq
White's Bakery tearoom at 39 Bath Street in 1895
The Wimbledon, Grouville, in the 1970s
Wolf's Caves Bar, demolished in 2012
Wimpy in Halkett Place in the 1970s
Fighting Cocks public house for sale in 1855
A carriage outing to the north coast pauses for refreshments at the Victoria Hotel in St Peter's Valley on the return journey in 1913
Sands, later the Tropicana
in St Ouen's Bay in the 1960s
The Waterfront was in Wharf Street
1948 advert for Wayside Cafe, St Brelade's Bay
Wayside Cafe, La Mare Slip, picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
Wayside Cafe, La Mare Slip, picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
1965 advert for Oyster Shell Restaurant, Halkett Place
Advert for the Portofino Restaurant, St Aubin
Sunshine Hotel Birdcage Bar
Rickett's Beresford Restaurant
Licensing Law permit for the Hotel Victor Hugo in 1966
A former cafe at Green Island, now used as a summerhouse
Weighbridge Cafe and Finsbury Hotel in 1880
Sugar Basin, Beaumont in the 1980s
The White Horse Inn at the Dicq on St Saviour's short coastline. The inn has a long history, stretching back to the 18th century, when it was a popular dinner venue. A feature of its seafront garden for some time was an ancient black mulberry tree
The Shack, Portelet, in 1933
Advert from Jersey Leader, 1935
Advert from Jersey Leader, 1935
The bar of the Swan Hotel