No. 01
Vinyl
The Back Room
Shellac, soul and heavy wax. The gramophone runs from opening bell to last order, and the crates are open to anyone with clean hands.
- Rare pressings & 45s
- Listening booths
- Sunday needle-drop sessions
Small Heath · Est. 1919
Garrisson
Tavern
Four rooms, one house. Vinyl in the back, film in the snug, oil on the books and wine in the cellar. By order of the Tavern.
4
Rooms
31
Cinema seats
1,900+
Records
2 AM
Last order
The Mashup
Vinyl. Movie. Oil. Wine.
Everything under one slate roof, run the old way — quietly, properly, and with somebody watching the door.
No. 02
Movie
The Snug Cinema
Thirty-one seats, one projector, a bedsheet screen that has seen better decades. Noir on Wednesdays, gangster pictures on Fridays.
- Nightly 21:00 reel
- Noir & crime seasons
- Whisky with your ticket
No. 03
Oil
The Trade Floor
Every family needs a legitimate business. Ours is oil — pressed, barrelled and shipped, with the paperwork in good order.
- Cold-pressed house oils
- Barrel & cask trade
- Ledger kept in the office
No. 04
Wine
The Cellar
Down the stone steps, past the barrels. Deep reds, dusty bottles and a list long enough to settle any argument.
- Cellar tastings
- Old-world reds
- Private table for six
“Everyone’s a whore. We just sell different parts of ourselves — ours come on wax, on film, in barrels and in bottles.”
Visit
Knock twice
No reservations after nine. No caps at the card table. No trouble in the cellar.
- Address
- Garrisson Lane, Small Heath
- Online
- trueplayaz.club
- Doors
- Tue–Sun, 17:00 – 02:00
The Week
- TuesdayCellar tasting — six reds, no speeches
- WednesdayNoir night in the snug, 21:00
- ThursdayOil trade & ledger night
- FridayGangster pictures, doubles poured
- SaturdayWax till two — bring your own crate
- SundayNeedle-drop sessions, all afternoon