Stalybridge Buffet Bar

What can we say about Stalybridge Buffet Bar? Is it a pub? Is it a museum? Is it a resting place for weary travellers passing through the railway station? Of course, it’s all of these things and more.

It’s one of the few remaining original Victorian buffet bars and still boasts a marble bar top. Fun fact: the local Environmental Health department actually insisted the bar should be ripped out and replaced with Formica for hygiene reasons back in the ‘70s but were duly overwhelmed by the indignant response from the owners and locals and the (perfectly hygienic) marble bar was given a reprieve and lives on to this day!

The walls are adorned with a myriad of railway memorabilia and there are plenty of original features to keep you fascinated throughout your visit (you may require several visits to really take them all in!). No wonder it’s so popular with Ale Trailers, who often take in our other railway pub, The West Riding at Dewsbury too.

In fact, there wouldn’t be a West Riding without a Stalybridge Buffet Bar. Mike Field was inspired to create a railway pub at Dewsbury because he had spent so much time at the Buffet Bar as a student, and the whole project was something of a homage to it. We originally wanted to bring the Buffet Bar into the Beerhouses family in 1996 but lost out to John Hesketh. John and Mike stayed in touch over the years and when John, sadly, became seriously ill, he expressed his wishes that Mike should take it on after his death, which he did in 2012. There is definite poetry in this story for us that we were able to bring the two pubs together and ‘book end’ the Ale Trail line in this way.

Of course, being a Beerhouses pub, it has substance as well as style, with a great choice of cask ale on the bar. It has featured continuously in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide since 1999 and won many awards over the years. Just minutes out of Manchester on the train, we passionately believe that we can match any beer you’ll find in the city for quality – at town prices of course!

Stalybridge Buffet Bar Snacks
Crisp Butty Pairing Night, Stalybridge Buffet Bar
Pie at Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Food at The Stalybridge

We offer a range of bar snacks, including hot pork scratchings, crisps, and nuts. In fact, we have become quite famous for our Crisp Butty Pairing Event, where we create delicious crisp combos and pair them with the perfect pint, which we host periodically. In autumn and winter, we offer winter warmers such as corned beef hash, pie & peas, and Stalybridge speciality hot black peas, to warm your cockles in the colder months!

Look out for pop up food events on our socials when selected food vendors bring their wares to the beer garden.

Events

As well as our Crisp Butty Pairing Event, we enjoy throwing a beer festival or two and have a range of regular events. The North by Northwest Band Night runs approximately 6 times a year – check our socials for dates.

Our regular events include:

Sunday: Quiz Night from 5pm

Function Room

Our cosy room, seating 20 people is free to hire for parties, meetings, or groupings of any kind.

Opening Times

Monday: 11:00 – 22:00

Tuesday: 11:00 – 23:00

Wednesday: 11:00 – 23:00

Thursday: 11:00 – 23:00

Friday: 11:00 – 00:00

Saturday: 11:00 – 00:00

Sunday: 12:00 – 22:30

The Mancunian Sign, Stalybridge Buffet Bar
Buffet Bar Entrance
Stalybridge Station Clock
To Bradford & Leeds Trains Sign
Stalybridge Waiting Room Bar
Pulling a pint at Stalybridge Buffet Bar
Buffet Bar Interior
Stalybridge Train Station

Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Platform 4, Stalybridge Railway Station, Rassbottom Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1RF

Telephone: 0161 303 0007

Email: stalybridgebb@beerhouses.co.uk

The Stalybridge Buffet Bar Team

We’ve got a fantastic team here at the Stalybridge Buffet Bar, but these are the people you’ll see most often:

Lyndsey Walker, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Lyndsey Walker

Co-Manager

Phill Shaw, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Phill Shaw

Co-Manager

Hayley Crossley, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Hayley Crossley

Supervisor

Patrick Davies, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Patrict Davies

Supervisor

Joe Beckwith, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Joe Beckwith

Supervisor

Beth Musgrave, Stalybridge Buffet Bar

Beth Musgrave

Trainee Supervisor

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