For a lover of good food and great music, it really doesn’t get much better than having lunch at Katie’s Vinyl Bar and Kitchen.
This independent cafe in Gosport High Street has an impressive selection of 12″ vinyl LPs, and there is always one booming out from the record player at the end of the bar. When my son and I arrived for lunch, the chosen album was Humbug by the Arctic Monkeys, see below.
This great taste in music is further confirmed by the art and photographs on the walls, covering the Smiths, Specials, Elvis, Johnny Cash and many more. There is an art wall featuring drawings of Debbie Harry, Johnny Rotten, Thin Lizzy and more.
Food wise, the owners have had a lot of fun with the menu, with items on it given a musical title. For example, the burger menu contains the James Blunt (plain, no frills burger), and the Morrissey (a vegetarian burger – hey, meat is murder, remember?)
If it’s a cooked breakfast you’re after, you can choose between the Dubliners (Irish style, with soda bread) or the Proclaimers (Scottish style, with tattie scone). Springsteen fans can choose a Born in the USA, with American pancakes and syrup.
Those with a big appetite can opt for the Hank Marvin (because you better be starvin’).
My son ordered the Eye of the Tiger (tiger-striped grilled halloumi and avocado on toasted bagel). I chose the Florence and the Machine, shown in my main photo at the top of this post. It is Katie’s take on eggs florentine, with poached eggs, spinach and hollandaise sauce on toasted muffin.
The coffee is good and the prices reasonable. It does have a licence, and it’s great to see the bar supporting Gosport’s independent Powder Monkey Brewery, with two of their ales available on draught. There is also the ever popular Neck Oil from Beavertown.
Definitely worth a visit if you are down this way!
This post’s track for the ADK Spotify Playlist is one we listened to while waiting for our meal, and which I hadn’t heard in a while. This is the Arctic Monkeys from Humbug, with Crying Lightning.
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