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Eating, drinking and nightlife
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Eating out
revolves around the typical British seaside fare of fish and chips, available all over town, but at its supreme best in
Harry Ramsden's
, 60-63 The Promenade, on the corner of Church Street near the Tower. Even more traditional seaside food is available from the wood-panelled, 120-year-old
Robert's Oyster Bar
, 92 The Promenade, near the base of the Tower, where you can buy oysters, cockles and mussels, or fish platters.
Lagoonda
, 37 Queen St (tel 01253/293 837), off Talbot Square, is a party-time Afro-Caribbean restaurant, but for a real blowout head for the expensive
September Brasserie
, 15-17 Queen St (tel 01253/623282; closed Sun & Mon lunch), or the refined
Palm Court Restaurant
at the
Imperial
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If you like your
nightlife
late, loud and libidinous, summertime Blackpool has few English peers.
Yates' Wine Lodge
has two branches, in Talbot Square and between Central and South piers, where you can sip an amontillado sherry or champagne on draught. There's a rowdy bar in the
Clifton Hotel
, at North Pier; and a plethora of Irish theme bars, notably
O'Neill's
on the corner of Talbot Road and Abingdon Street,
Finn's
on Talbot Square, and
Scruffy Murphy's
, 32 Corporation St. The
Pump and Truncheon
, 13 Bonny St, behind the Sea Life Centre, is a real-ale pub. For
dancing
, local opinion favours
Blue
, on Corporation Street, near the Grand Theatre, whose club nights bring in star DJs.
Funny Girls
, a transvestite-run bar at 9 The Strand (tel 01253/291144), has nightly shows which attract long (gay and straight) queues. Otherwise,
entertainment
is based very heavily on family shows, musicals, crooners and stage spectaculars put on at a variety of end-of-pier and Pleasure Beach theatres or historic venues like the Grand Theatre (tel 01253/290190,
), Wintergardens (tel 01253/292029,
) and Opera House on Church Street (tel 01253/292029). Other useful information
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United Kingdom,
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