Cafe Totem Bar

[Guest makapaka]

Saw in the star that this is to close as the building is to be demolished and replaced with a 32 storey tower.

 

pleased to see more redevelopment but this is a shame as there has been a pub on this site for as long as i can remember and they’d done a really good job with the place.

 

hopefully the people involved find somewhere to else to set something up.

[Baron99 778]

Ahhh! 

 

The much missed Nelson Rock Bar. 

Edited March 3, 2020 by Baron99

[Martin C 81]

The people involved with Cafe Totem will be running the live music events in the basement venue at Sidney + Matilda,  46 Sidney Street, Rivelin Works, Sheffield, S1 4RH (only five minutes walk away)
 

From the Sidney & Matilda Facebook page:-
"Our life evolves!

As we near completion of our basement/ former paper store @sidneyandmatilda we are delighted to welcome @cafetotem whom will lead Live programming for the space, expect fresh regional and national Artists gracing our very own sub-level stage at Sidney & Matilda. All info re gigs, events and as ever exhibitions will be on our socials and emailer.

All welcome, we look forward to welcoming you to Sidney & Matilda at Rivelin Works very soon!"

[Guest makapaka]

21 minutes ago, Martin C said:

The people involved with Cafe Totem will be running the live music events in the basement venue at Sidney + Matilda,  46 Sidney Street, Rivelin Works, Sheffield, S1 4RH (only five minutes walk away)
 

From the Sidney & Matilda Facebook page:-
"Our life evolves!

As we near completion of our basement/ former paper store @sidneyandmatilda we are delighted to welcome @cafetotem whom will lead Live programming for the space, expect fresh regional and national Artists gracing our very own sub-level stage at Sidney & Matilda. All info re gigs, events and as ever exhibitions will be on our socials and emailer.

All welcome, we look forward to welcoming you to Sidney & Matilda at Rivelin Works very soon!"

Good stuff.

[jemson 10]

Shame. Nice venue and I`ve seen some great bands there.

[kaaalie 0]

Was also called The Rocking Chair before it became Cafe Totem.

 

It seemed popular enough that the people running it might be able to start things up again elsewhere as a full bar once things are back to normal.

[Baron99 778]

1 hour ago, kaaalie said:

Was also called The Rocking Chair before it became Cafe Totem.

 

It seemed popular enough that the people running it might be able to start things up again elsewhere as a full bar once things are back to normal.

And before the Rockin' Chair for decades it was the "The Nelson" (Nelson Rock Bar).

 

Never understood the name change front The Nelson to the Rockin' Chair?  Presumably a change of ownership & the new owners wanted to go in a new direction & attract a different crowd? 

 

No chance of it opening up again under any name.  As Makapaka has stated, the entire block of properties in that bit, right up to Union St. has been earmarked for demolition.  A new residential / commercial block is going to be erected. 

 

https://www.wordsworthconstruction.services/experience/43/pinstone-st-sheffield

 

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/32-storey-tower-planned-for-city-centre-site

Edited April 9, 2020 by Baron99

[kaaalie 0]

6 hours ago, Baron99 said:

And before the Rockin' Chair for decades it was the "The Nelson" (Nelson Rock Bar).

 

Never understood the name change front The Nelson to the Rockin' Chair?  Presumably a change of ownership & the new owners wanted to go in a new direction & attract a different crowd? 

 

No chance of it opening up again under any name.  As Makapaka has stated, the entire block of properties in that bit, right up to Union St. has been earmarked for demolition.  A new residential / commercial block is going to be erected. 

 

https://www.wordsworthconstruction.services/experience/43/pinstone-st-sheffield

 

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/32-storey-tower-planned-for-city-centre-site

The Rocking Chair, purely based on the gigs they put on, catered for an indie/alternative crowd (like Leadmill, for example) than a rock crowd so it definitely changed direction. Cafe Totem was the same, as well as hosting some other bits, like post-punk nights (although those suffered when the original organisers left to do one at the Washington, a big messy).

 

I meant that Cafe Totem might spring up again in a different place as a permanent bar if their basement events continue to do well.