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Thursdays Clubhouse 7-11

Come and join us for a warming home cooked meal in your local hilltop retreat. We’ve got a classic Cottage Pie or a vegan Shepherds Pie, both served with local greens and glazed carrots. Excellent washed down with a glass of our locally sourced wine or even a cold beer.

Sunday Lunch 12-4

This weeks menu is a local topside of beef or our favourite nut roast which comes on a bed of celeriac puree. Both dishes served with classic trimmings.

For afters we have a sticky toffee pudding.

Call now to book a table…

In need of a venue…? Got an event idea…?

We’re currently putting together our 2017 calendar so please get in touch if you’d like to be part of it – info@beaconhastings.com or Hastings 431 305

After a short spell of maintenance, a swift re-stock of the shelves and a lick of paint, we are ready to welcome you through our doors at the beginning of February…

We re-boot this year with the first of this years Thursday nights, the 2nd February from 7pm.  With a menu set to warm your heart and your cockles, come and join us for a drink, a chat, bring your mates or come alone. Play table tennis or Scrabble, read a book or just relax. Your weekly retreat on the hill is back!

Following that, Sunday the 5th is the first of this years Sunday lunches. Hooray!

Our diary is now open for scheduling in this years events and happenings, if you have an idea for an event or would like to hire The Beacon for yourself, please get in touch info@beaconhastings.com or 01424 431 305

Our final event of 2016 is fast approaching and we have very few tickets left, if you were hoping to come please do call us ASAP

2017

We will be closed throughout January for maintenance but will re-open at the beginning of February with our usual Thursday/Sundays plus so much more.

Happy New Year!

Our final event for 2016…

Please contact us ASAP if you’ve yet to get your ticket as spaces are limited, tickets are £45 for the whole evening which includes all food, champagne at midnight and of course all entertainment brought to you by the amazing Bev Lee Harling….

January 2017 

We’ll be closed throughout January to do a bit of maintenance on the old girl (the house that is) but do get in touch with regards to hiring us in the New Year.

Its been a wonderful year at The Beacon, thanks to everyone that has supported us. We look forward to welcoming you back when we re-open in February (Thursday 2nd & Sunday 5th) with our weekly Thursdays and Sundays.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Come and share a little festive cheer with us this week…

Thursday (tonight) 7-11

 Our bar will be open from 7pm serving a fine selection of drinks, home made pizzas and a dash of seasonal spirit.

Pop in with friends, play a round of table tennis or bring your Christmas cards to sign by the fire…

And then on Sunday….

To book a table please give us a tinkle on 01424 431 305.

We have a fully festive weekend here for you…

Thursday 7-11

Your weekly retreat on the hill is getting cosier. The tree is up, the fire is lit and we’re slow cooking local beef in mulled wine! We’ll also have a gorgeous winter vegetable stew, both served with celeriac mash and local greens. Come for a mulled cider, to hang out with friends, read a book or play a round of table tennis.

Christmas Open Studios – Saturday & Sunday 11-5

Our first ever yuletide open studios should not be missed. We have two floors to check out, each containing stalls of great goods from local creatives. Downstairs, our bar is open selling mulled cider, teas/coffees and a selection of cakes as well as lunch.

Saturday Lunch 

Gammon & Green Pea Soup with organic sourdough

Minestrone with fresh pesto and sourdough

Beetroot cured salmon gravadlax

Cheese board

Sunday Lunch 

Festive Ham with parsley sauce

Or

Mushroom, chestnut & cranberry tart

Both served with winter root mash & seasonal vegetables

Followed by

Boozy Brownie Trifle

Come and warm up this Thursday, we’ll be open as usual 7-11 serving a decent home cooked meal, mulled cider and plenty more.

If you’re not quite ready to embrace the festive season then, well, join the club. Except, we are decorating the bar this week so we promise it’ll look pretty…and that there’ll be no tinsel or dancing elves.

This weeks Thursday menu is an Italian spread of oven baked beef Ragu or our own made pesto with fresh pasta and green salad. That should even out the Christmas theme a bit!

Heading into December, our menu for Sundays looks like this…

Please let us know of you’d like to book a table. Also, if you or anyone you know are looking for a venue to hold your seasonal gatherings, we have a little space left in our diaries.

The Beacon Christmas Open Studios are happening next weekend. Two floors of local creatives selling high quality goods, food and drink served all day and maybe even a mince pie or two…

NYE 

If you’ve yet to book your ticket to this years NYE celebration, please do so now! Spaces are limited and tickets include entrance, several sessions of live music with a top local band, food all evening and champagne at midnight. We’ll have a mulled wine lodge in the garden and plenty of cheer to see you through to the new year – info@beaconhastings.com

This week at The Beacon…

Thursday 7-11

Open all evening, offering home made pizzas, local wines, craft beers, mulled cider and a warm place to hang out!

Sunday Lunch 12-4 Pheasant Special

Our cousin Tim, the gamekeeper, has supplied us with some fresh local pheasants for this weeks Sunday lunch. We roast them in cider with bacon, truly amazing. As supplies are limited we ask that you pre-order so please get in touch ASAP to book. A pheasant meal for two, including mulled local cider is just £30.

Also on the menu

Celeriac & Leek Gratin (v)

Both served with roast potatoes, maple roasted parsnips & seasonal vegetables

Followed by

Apple Upside Down Cake & Custard

NYE

Tickets now on sale for our exclusive New Years Eve party. An evening crammed full of live music, delicious food, popping corks, a mulled wine lodge and plenty of cheer. £45 all inclusive.

To see the New Year in with us please book your ticket now by emailing info@beaconhastings.com

See here! We have a really exciting weekend coming up…

Thursday 7-11

TONIGHT we are open for mulled local cider  (try adding a shot of Calvados for a real winter warmer), warming chillies, log fires, local wines and a spot of table tennis!

Bring a book, bring a friend or ask us for the Scrabble board, open for all…

Saturday EARS & EYES 7pm

If you’ve yet to book your place at this Saturdays Ears & Eyes then we highly recommend getting in there fast as we have limited places left. Two female illustrators tell us how its done…

For full info and to book tickets see HERE

Sunday Lunch 12-4

Book your table for Sunday lunch 01424 431 305

Roast local pork with stuffed apples

Or

Butternut Dauphinoise

Both served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables

Followed by Plum & Custard Cake

For the latest Sundays Menu see our website

Well the temperature is dropping and we are warming up…

Thursday 7-11

We have a special winter warmer available this evening, our very own mulled local cider with brandy, goes particularly well with our pulled pork! Halloumi and veg stack for vegetarians.

Music, bar, table tennis and good times…

Sunday Lunch 12-4 Pie Week

Local steak & ale with a suet crust or a squash, spinach & goats cheese with polenta and parmesan pastry, both served with creamy mash and vegetables. This weeks pud is sticky toffee pudding!

See HERE for full Sunday menu.

Still a few tickets left for up and coming event Ears & Eyes, book your place so as not to miss out…

One last thing

We are excited to announce that our wine list has been revised and now includes a line up of local wines! We have tried and tested each one and strongly believe in English wine, come and have a taste!