The Comet pub in Harley Shute Rd, St Leonards, is under new management

The Comet pub in Harley Shute Rd, St Leonards, is under new management. Landlord John Connolly tells us more.

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00:00Yes, I've been running pubs for a touching 40 years. A good proportion of them were in

00:09London. We've decided to get a bit closer to home. The Comet is a pub that we've known

00:18for such a long time, when we originally moved down here. We've got big plans, a lot of plans.

00:25I had the Black Horse and Rotting Bean for a small period of time. It just didn't have

00:30what I was looking for. The Comet came my way via a friend who works for Sheppard & Neame.

00:39It all happened rather fast, just before Christmas, but the initial offer was made shortly before.

00:47Yes, it's a great site. It's got a great deal of potential. We're looking forward to the

00:54next few months very much. We really think the pub needs a locally sourced menu. We call

01:02it the farmhouse menu. Most of the ingredients are sourced locally. We also start with Sunday

01:10lunches, Sunday roasts on Sunday, this Sunday. I think that's definitely going to make a

01:18mark on what we're offering here. I don't think the pub's done food for quite a while.

01:25We seem to be a little bit on our lonesome, unharley shoot in this particular part. There's

01:31no great competition on this stretch of road. We feel that they'll go down very well. It's

01:37dog friendly as well, and children friendly. It's historically been a family venue, and really

01:49that's what we want to grab back again, a local family pub near the sea. Our website should be

01:55up and running by the end of the week. We're all over Facebook at the moment. Yes, I would

02:01recommend booking, especially at the weekend, at the moment in time, to avoid disappointment.