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.