00:00Hobo Kiosk is quite possibly the friendliest and strangest little pub in the Baltic Triangle
00:05with a unique design, a cosy atmosphere and a warm approach to hospitality which Liverpool
00:11is famed for.
00:12This was an empty shell when we first started. We turned it into a shop and then we took
00:18it back to an empty shell again and we built various bits and pieces. I found the counter
00:24out on the streets. It was an old wardrobe.
00:27Three days after Tristan moved to the city he met Delia and they've been together ever
00:31since.
00:32We ran it as an arts shop for two years. We were going to walk away and it was the boys
00:38from Golf Fang who both individually said, they should make a great micro-pub. It's all
00:47about micro-pubs. And we were like, what? Come again? We have no idea what they were.
00:52The couple both worked in community art for 40 years before opening the space.
00:56Delia and I are Mrs Hobo. We were both community artists working in a variety of situations
01:05on the streets, in prisons, hospitals, with kids with locked in autism, every possible
01:11marginalised community. And come the credit crunch back in 2010, unfortunately, first
01:18out the door were us artists.
01:21As well as serving up a curated selection of drinks from the likes of local breweries,
01:25the place is also a feast for the eyes with its distinctive design.
01:29We have a house that's very like this, in fact more so. We often say this pub is like
01:35a minimalist Japanese stripped vac version of our house.
01:40Its walls are adorned with vintage prints, signs, paintings and it seems every spare
01:45space is taken up by unusual objects, from mannequins to a mariachi hat.
01:51We populated this space with our art and attracted other people that have been giving
01:57us some really interesting things. And it's then that we began to notice that people responded
02:04to the space.
02:06The European Bar Guide, which visits and profiles pubs and bars around the continent, recently
02:11named the establishment Joint Toff in the City alongside Peter Cavanagh's. The guide
02:16described it as unique with a distinctive identity and character, a basement bar with
02:21local beers and fabulous hospitality.
02:24We realised as we went along was that far from this being frankly our pension, something
02:29we could do and then get the heck out of Dodge. We enjoyed it, it gave us something exciting
02:38and something of value ourselves. But also we saw what people were getting from the kiosk,
02:46the Hobo kiosk itself.
02:48It can be tricky to find and you have to get your timings right to get in the door.
02:52When you come in here, if you're being a little rowdy, Mrs Hobo will show you the rules.
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