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INFO BAR - not like any bar I know!
A little bit of history
We started off as basically a coffee bar with interesting bespoke light bites and platters. We've now moved across town and currently specialise in "egg-cellent" Breakfasts (including a superb range of Shakshuka dishes), and lunchtime light bites and healthy lunches afford a wealth of choice with some traditional and not so well known weekly specials. We've also dragged the coffee machine into the 21st century and offer excellent coffee, we're now pushing TWIST teas as the brew of choice - bag or loose leaf, and a range of herbal and other teas, oh and a damned fine hot chocolate. or chai lattee - Our STREET FOOD started out as SUPPERS - is now available from lunchtime and into the evening. We offer excellent food for very decent prices - each dish is prepared to order so it can take a little longer than shoving some bread in a toaster. We offer meat, veggie and vegan specialties you just wouldn't normally get under one roof. If you want to run a group or have a meeting any day of the week, or evening, why not ask us if we can help facilitate? We run quizzes, comedy evenings, a philosophy club, book clubs, knit & natter, a tasting supper club, and host group meetings. We have been licenced but have recently decided, in these current times, to move back to B>Y>O. with a small corkage charge (£2.50pp), rather than encouraging you to drink the troubles of the world away
HaHa - Comedy
Comedy pop-up events in and around Greater Hassocks
What's occuring?
latest utterances from PC towers
The next Popular POP Quiz – will be held back at the Purple Carrot in Hassocks – Friday 18 October
Doors from 6:45pm – quiz start 8pm
teams up to 5 people – £5pp quiz, prizes,
Food – will of course be available – Burgers and fries for wintery skies – Beef; Chilli; PC Halloumi; Veggie Vegan – all £9. pre-order to ensure you get some. last food serving 7:45pm
Prizes – awesome of course and lots of them too, team and individual
Drinks – pretty full Bar with wines, beer, lager. cider, + soft drinks
Book in your pop quiz team
with a pointless meaningless quiz of Trivia and general nonsense. More questions than a Lib Dem leaflet drop. More reliable facts than a Labour party poll. More enjoyment than a Green manifesto.
Just two pledges for this week’s election night Thursday Trivia Quiz. (8pm at the Purple Carrot) 1. There will be no politics in this week’s questions. 2. The Jackpot £100+ will be won – even if there’s only one team! a nice little something to soften the upcoming next 5 years of austerity. We offer food beforehand from 6.30pm ish and this weeks frippery allows you to bring your own booze for a small corkage fee. There is no football to be missed, and Sunderland will struggle to declare before you get finished, home and feet up for 6 hours of mad mad Jeremy Vine talking twaddle all the time
Dear Greater Hassocks,
Firstly thank you for supporting us over the last year. I realise there have been many competing demands on your time and money – not least 10 other cafe/coffee/lunch establishments in the village and several large well-deserving charities that have needed much support, so any grains are good.
It has, however, become increasingly obvious to us that there are too many day-time opportunities for food and drink, but not a decent balance in the evening. In 2024 we’ll try and redress that with later opening hours and evening meals. We plowed that furrow for 2 years before COVID arrived, as there was much demand but in the end not that much take-up. Let’s see if all this extra housing has produced a few extra mouths to feed. Hopefully, we can also do something about our lack of street-level access, as we know this hinders some of you who would love to come and eat or participate in the various clubs that meet here.
Going into 2024 our Opening Hours will change a bit to start with and get longer as it gets lighter, but the last daytime hot food orders will remain at 2pm.
Monday 8.30am – 3.00pm
Tuesday – CLOSED
Wednesday 8.30am – 3.00pm
Thursday 8.30pm – 3.00pm
Friday 8.00pm – 2.00pm
Saturday 9.00am – 2.00pm
Sunday 9.00am – 2.00pm
Ha Ha Hassocks Comedy
Born out of the often-heard lament “Nothing Ever Happens in Hassocks” we started up Ha HA! in 2015- We’ve now decided to take a break from the bigger stuff. After 8 and a half years the logistics and the time spent organising don’t get any simpler when you have a nomadic existence. It’s good to see that Stephen and his Forge / so you think your funny buddies have taken on all we set out to do back in the day – bring comedy and fun time entertainment to Hassocks, then broadening out to our less fortunate brethren in the greater Hassocks conurbation of Mid Sussex. Next Up…..well who knows? nothing big but maybe some intimate evenings – beginners slots and warm-ups – but not before Spring at the earliest
2024
I think it’s fair to say that after 12 years of The Purple Carrot we’ve had many good times and a few god-damn awful ones. Things have moved on and populations changed. Yes we still make the best coffee in the area, yes we still come up with some of the most inventive and tasty foods but we struggle with just how much we have to charge to try and make a profit to continue providing the same quality of product. Part of our rationale has always been the community we’re in and giving a bit of help and succour to those who might be experiencing a worse time than ourselves but we can no longer physically afford to do this. So this will be our last year – in this form at least. When you think about it how many people actually do the exact same job for 13 years? it’s been fun but I need a break, and so do you all….probably
Enjoy your festivities whatever they may be, but return to the Carrot afor end of ’23
OPEN –
- 9.30am-2.00pm – Wed 27th, Thurs 28th, Fri 29th Dec;
- 9am-2pm Sat 30th, Sun 31st Dec
If you knock on the door in 2024 it will open 9.00am on Wednesday 3rd Jan and we’ll take it from there
Coming Up very soon
Wednesday 27th December – a little quiz to get you thinking after several days of over drinking, and eating n TV and pressies and rellies and wellies and dogs in streams. Open from 6.45pm quiz will start at 8 until 9.45pm – we have space for three more teams. There will be pies and chilli, possibly even some of the ever popular turkey curry, and sweet stuff a plenty – BYO – £5pp including corkage
2024 – January highlights
Thursday 4 Jan 2024 – 2.00-4.00 pm – U3A board games
Sunday 7 Jan – 2.00 pm-4.15 pm – Philosophy Club
Monday 8 Jan – 2.15 pm-4.00 pm – Exploring Chess (new club, all levels welcome)
Monday 8 Jan – 7.00 pm-8.30 pm – Knit and Natter (new evening) free, but buy tea!
Thursday 11 Jan – 8.00 pm-9.45 pm – The Quiz is back
Friday 19 Jan – from 7.00 pm-10.00 pm – THE most popular of POP QUIZZES £5
Friday 26 Jan – 7.00 pm – 10.30 pm – Tasters returns – warming your whistle – £35