Liverpool’s Smoking Areas – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
If you’re going to smoke, here’s where best to do it.
Us smokers get a lot of hate nowadays, but admit it, once you’re inebriated you’re as willing as any to engage in a bit of self-destruction. If not, you almost certainly weren’t inebriated enough. So without further ado, here are The Tab’s picks of where best to ‘av a fag.
Heebie Jeebies
Pros:
- Covered seating areas with astroturf, the definition of sophistication
- Plenty of standing room when you inevitably can’t find anywhere to sit down.
Cons:
- Multiple exits mean there’s people stumbling in all directions. Spilt drinks are unavoidable.
4/5
Wood Street – Krazyhouse/Popworld/Ca Va
Pros:
- The perfect opportunity to interact with some of Liverpool’s loveable neighborhood tramps
Cons:
- Krazyhouse have a nasty habit of charging £1 just for a slip to get back in, whereupon the bouncers will more than likely kick you out again.
- The only shelter is dingy, piss-filled doorways.
2/5
Medication
Pros:
- It’s not quite as claustrophobic as EVAC
Cons:
- Huge queues just to get outside
- You can barely move for #lads
1/5
Berry and Rye
Pros:
- There’s a toilet with soil in it, what more can you want?
- The lack of space isn’t really an issue given that the bars always at its capacity of about 4 people and they don’t let anyone else in.
Cons:
- There’s not really a whole lot else apart from the toilet. Depends on your position on soil toilets I suppose.
3/5
Walkabout
Pros:
- It’s got its own bar which is usually emptier than the battery farm downstairs
- There’s a nice balcony to chunder off without arousing too much suspicion
Cons:
- Those weird plastic chairs are reminiscent of a cheap Benidorm tourist bar.
3/5
The Shipping Forecast
Pros:
- Lots of cool gig posters to steal on your way out
- If you can’t get into Juicy you can attempt to sneak downstairs from the back exit
Cons:
- It’s never quite clear which entrance you’re supposed to use. Expect to trigger the fire alarm at least once in your uni career
3.5/5
Baa Bar
Pros:
- Proximity to the toilets in case you fancy being offered some shit drugs
Cons:
- You’re still in Baa Bar
2/5
Bumper
Pros:
- A perfect vantage point to people watch the weirdos on Hardman Street
Cons:
3/5
The Kazimier
Pros:
- It’s aesthetically fantastic. There’s an old piano, booths, sick fairy lights and sometimes even a separate DJ just for the smokers
Cons:
- There are no cons. The Kazimier is a mecca for any chain-smoker
5/5