One from the Archive

Back in Brizvegas, the traditional Boundary beers later gave way to a Thursday night tipple at Archive across the road.

It's a bar that's rather a strange beast, but it works; where beer nerds and word nerds converge... and even some bike nerds, judging by the fixies racked up on the fence outside, and the beards anchored to beers inside.


The decor sums up the culture clash... Boutique beer cartons jostling for space alongside shelves heaving with clothbound tomes. An entire feature wall is papered with old newsprint, and the bar itself is made of old books...