"You can't miss it, the giant Crossbar flanked by two stylised crosses in black on the whitewashed outside walls glares down the street, a stone's throw from Brighton's Churchill Square. Outside is the narrow shelf that the co-owner Lucy Tallant, the DIY enthusiast of the pair, attached to the wall for those wanting to hang around outside. As she worked on that shelf, two girls walked past and one proclaimed: Yeah, they're opening a lesbian club."
"Crossbar has taken on a life of its own in the few months since Lucy and her wife, Pippa Tallant, announced to their 12 followers on Instagram, all their close friends, that they were opening the first women's sports bar in the UK. They don't like the camera but they thought they had better announce and get it out of the way."
"Since they announced the opening on social media at the start of December, they now have more than 17,000 followers on Instagram without really trying, people clicking to follow the renovation. Before the opening on 6 February, a tour revealed there were no tables and chairs yet, there were still plumbers and electricians in, boxes were placed strategically to keep their two dogs out of trouble"
Crossbar is a women's sports bar on a whitewashed street near Brighton's Churchill Square, marked by a giant Crossbar sign and two stylised black crosses. Co-owners Lucy Tallant and her wife Pippa Tallant added a narrow exterior shelf that became a photo spot after a passerby joked 'there's one outside now.' The pair announced the opening to a small Instagram following and unexpectedly grew to over 17,000 followers by following the renovation. The bar officially opened on 6 February while finishing tasks continued, with plumbers and electricians on site, paint flecks in the upstairs Clubhouse and a problematic bar door undergoing stripping and sanding.
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