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Cafe Rouge

Reminders of Geneva

By Romaine, student studying in Brighton for a year

"My favourite place is the Café Rouge. When I first arrived in Brighton I saw the café and it reminded me of the cafés in Geneva because it had such a nice atmosphere. It particularly reminded me of the Café Remor in Geneva where artists, writers, and students of the university often go to work."

Interviewed for the website on 8th December 2002

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

Before becoming Cafe Rouge it was called Crusts, and when I was a student it was a little tradition of ours to go there once a term when exams were finished. They served absurdly cheap cocktails during happy hour and I am ashamed to say that we would usually have to be poured out of the bar after a few hours...happy days!

By Adam Penwarden (18/12/2003)

Ah, Crusts, cheap cocktails, Adam, Chris, Jo, Kevin, Magenta and at least a couple of Louises....those were the days!

By Paul Grainger (26/01/2004)

Sorry to be pedantic, but Crusts was on the opposite corner. Before that it was a branch of 'The Great American Disaster' burger chain. It is now Bella Pasta. Cafe Rouge was a place called 'The Frock and Jacket' and a bit posey

By Gary Easton (28/06/2005)

I'm sure you're right Gary - It was nearly twenty years ago and we had all had quite a few 'Brain Neutralisers'.

By Adam Penwarden (02/10/2005)

I am afraid that Crusts was the opposite side, the bar with the cheap cocktails was in about 1980/81 and was called Valmonellas (not sure of spelling) later to turn into 'Frock & Jacket' - bar downstairs and upstairs for cocktails. Great memories !!

By Matt Wiltshire (19/12/2006)

They were both Crusts at one point. I worked in the restaraunt. Customers would order cocktails and staff would then go across the road to the rat-infested basement to fetch.

By sanguineman (23/01/2007)

I'm not convinced that the old 'Frock & Jacket' was ever Crusts. I think that Crusts did span both sides of the road... but the 'Frock & Jacket' hmmmm...not sure. I ordered my cocktails and they served them to me...very nice too.

By Matt (29/01/2007)

They were both owned by the same guy back then. Maybe Gary something. Always wore really bright Hawaiian shirts.

By Stacie the Yank (09/08/2008)