[HDNG]THE CITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.30 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.10[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] (3) 1 for blockbusters, 1 for arty films and 1 for student [PARA]discounts - all with 3 screens each.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] (3) The King's Theatre puts on a new production every [PARA]fortnight. There's also an arts centre, featuring experimental theatre.[PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD] [ITAL]More than enough to turn a pub crawl into a night in the [PARA]gutter and all friendly, especially in Old Portsmouth and along [PARA]Albert Road (Southsea). [EITAL] Although this is a sailors' city, there's [PARA]more than the occasional wine bar (often with accompanying [PARA]jazz) and gay pubs. [ITAL] Gales HSB, is worth a tongue trial, if you're [PARA]not doing anything tomorrow. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: The Bold Forester; [PARA]Scott's Bar; Rosie's Wine Bar; The Dolphin. Don't bother with the [PARA]White Swan, and if you do, be nice to the sailors. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Plenty of clubs, particularly around the South [PARA]Parade Pier - [ITAL]'The Pier' in particular, which is, oddly enough, on [PARA]the pier itself, is a cult corner for many students. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: [PARA]Pyramids Centre; Wedgewood Rooms.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] Portsmouth's [ITAL]premiere [EITAL]venue is the Guildhall [PARA]which hosts big names and current groovy popsters, like, er, [PARA]Dave Lee Roth. There are occasional gigs at The Pier and the [PARA]annual International Festival in July run by the Council.[HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.20 [BULL] Glass of wine: 90p[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (6) The SU runs 3 bars at Alexandra House at the main [PARA]site (the largest has a capacity of 550 and is open to 2am) and 1 [PARA]at Foster Hall at Milton and there's another at the Queen Elizabeth[PARA]Queen Mother Hall of Residence (QEQM).[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] The cinema has recently shown Falling Down and Hot [PARA]Shots Part Deux.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos and music venues:[EBOLD] The SU runs events most nights[PARA]in the Ents Hall and also often hosts Conga Bongo (ú2) at The [PARA]Pier. The Ents Hall in Alexandra House (cap 525), also attracts [ITAL][PARA]up and coming[EITAL] indie bands and ethnic and cultural music (eg [PARA]Diwali and Afro-Caribbean nights). Jazz bands often play at the [PARA]Nuffield Centre.[PARA][BOLD]Recent band appearances:[EBOLD] St Etienne; Blur; Hot Chocolate; the [PARA]Wurzels. [ITAL]The Wurzels?[EITAL][HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]For lunch, there's the SU sandwich bar and the refectory which [PARA]serves value 'specials' for ú1 and [ITAL]brilliant [EITAL]pizzas, or, at Milton, [PARA]there's a SU snack bar. Alternatively, the University runs 2 main [PARA]refectories - 1 on each site. [ITAL]Around town, the words to [PARA]remember are fast food, fish and fire[EITAL]. There's a [ITAL]gut-rotting glut [EITAL][PARA]of fish'n'chip shops and burger joints, a fair few fancy fish [PARA]feed-houses and, more than any other kind of restaurant, curry [PARA]houses (including balti) by the furnace-full - [ITAL]a cult amongst [PARA]students. [EITAL]The [ITAL]best [EITAL]restaurants are in Southsea, the area near [PARA]the University's main site.
