Thursday7 pm
Open Mic & Open Margins
Bring three pages or three songs. The lamps stay low. The list opens at six.
est. in a slightly unreliable spellbook
Tinkerflare Lounge
“The cider’s hot; just mind the sparks!”
A note from the proprietor
A library that serves dinner.
Tinkerflare Lounge is a working library that pours drinks, a small theater that doubles as a reading room, and a tinkerer’s workshop that serves dinner. The candles are real. The calligraphy on the menu is mine. Most evenings end well; a few end with the lamps relit and a round on the house.
I am Nezwyn Tinkerflare — gnomish arcane mage, reader-in-residence, and the one currently rewiring the chandelier. The spellbook is mostly reliable. The cider is reliably excellent. We lend books to anyone who promises to bring them back, host readings on the small stage, and keep the back booths warm for people who came in for one drink and stayed for three.
— Nezwyn
Tonight on the Small Stage
Programme
Friday8 pm
A Reading: Letters from the Map’s Edge
Selected correspondence, lightly footnoted, read aloud in the back room with cider service throughout.
Saturday9 pm
Spellfizz & Standards
A small jazz trio and a slightly larger drinks list. Booth seating only; expect a queue.
Sunday3 pm
Children’s Story Hour
One story, one biscuit, one well-behaved illusion. Parents welcome to read along (or nap).
Upstairs from the Stage
The Arcade
A staircase behind the small stage opens onto the long room above — stamped tin ceiling, three good lamps, a standing offer of one free round to anyone who beats Nezwyn at skee-ball. We have not yet had to honor it.
Axe Throwing
Two lanes, four hatchets, one very patient marshal. Targets are repainted weekly — sometimes twice.
Billiards
One slate table under the south window, chalked nightly. House cues are the good ones; the warped one is for grudges.
Air Hockey
Best two of three, and a strict no-leaning rule. The fan hums in B-flat, which the trio downstairs has occasionally accompanied.
Skee-Ball
Three lanes of varnished maple. High score gets their name on the board; current leader is “Nezwyn (don’t ask).”
Kitchen & Cellar
A short, honest menu.
We cook what we like to eat and pour what we like to drink. The kitchen closes when the last reading ends; the cellar stays open a little longer.
Prices in coin of the realm. Substitutions cheerfully accommodated. The kitchen sometimes catches fire in a controlled, charming way; we apologise for nothing and refund where appropriate.
The Working Library
Borrow a book. Bring it back. Or don’t.
The Lounge keeps a lending library of roughly two thousand volumes — field guides, slim novels, cookery, plays, an unreasonable number of atlases. There is no late fee. There is a small ledger at the bar; sign it, take what you like, and return it when you’re done. Footnotes in the margin are encouraged.
- Two thousand volumes, and counting
- Bookplates pressed at the bar on request
- Reading nooks with proper lamps
- A standing offer to discuss anything you’ve just read
Visit
Reserve a table, send a letter.
Hours
| Monday | closed (re-shelving) |
|---|---|
| Tue–Thu | 4 pm – 11 pm |
| Fri–Sat | 3 pm – 1 am |
| Sunday | 1 pm – 9 pm |
Find us
16 Founder’s Point Ln
Stormy McStormface
(past the crazy Haranir’s mushroom hut)
hello@tinkerflare.lounge