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Blind Pig, Folkestone

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Opens at 4:00pm
Operator: Independent
61 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR (View on Google Map)
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Originally opened on 29th April 2017 as the Troubadour of Kent being a micropub with a small raised stage area for poetry readings, poetry, storytelling and live acoustic music. After a short closure, it reopened on 25 January 2019 as the Tontine Tavern but closed again shortly afterwards.

Re-opened and relaunched by the local Angels & Demons Brewery on 3rd May 2019 as its taproom and closed on 27 January 2024.

Re-opened on 5 July as The Blind Pig, the taproom for Twisted Wheel Brewery, the beers are brewed at McCanns located just above Hukins Hops, a 120 year old Family-run Hop Farm at St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent.

Information for this venue is provided by the Ashford Folkestone & Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Troubadour of Kent; Tontine Tavern; Home Taproom
Local Authority
Folkestone and Hythe District
Last updated
18/11/2024
Last surveyed
14/07/2024
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
individual
Pub ID
ASH/4620
Asset of Community Value
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
4:00pm - 9:30pm
Thursday
4:00pm - 9:30pm
Friday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday
1:00pm - 11:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 9:00pm
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Close to bus routes (5m)
Stagecoach: 102, 103, 104
Closest station (1000m)
Folkestone Central

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