Where Watford eats and drinks

Eat & drink

Three nights at Mad Squirrel Watford, 3 King Street:

Thu 12 Nov: Bingo night, 8pm to 10pm, with prizes

Fri 13 Nov: Open mic with Charles and Flo, 8pm to 10.30pm, all acts and genres welcome

Sat 14 Nov: Ollie Wade plays, 8pm to 10pm

Eat & drink

Halloween Market Lates · Fri 30 Oct · 6pm to 10pm · Watford Market. Caribbean, Asian and Korean street food from the market traders, with Halloween specials, a pop-up bar and a Mad Squirrel Land Rover beer truck.

Boo's and Brews: Halloween Musical Bingo, Mad Squirrel · Fri 30 Oct · 8pm to 10pm · 3 King Street. Bingo, but you're dabbing songs instead of numbers.

Halloween Costume Party with LP Cafe, Mad Squirrel · Sat 31 Oct · 6pm to 11pm · 3 King Street. Costumes, music from LP Cafe, party games, Halloween cocktails, and a Best Dressed Spookster prize voted for by the crowd.

Saints vs Sinners, BOOM Battle Bar Watford · Sat 31 Oct · from 8pm · £5, or free with a brunch or games booking. DJs, throwback anthems and Halloween cocktails. Pick a side and dress for it.

From the 29 October issue

Eat & drink

Tina Lake's Coffee and Cakes, the Pump House

Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 1pm to 5pm · Tue 2pm to 9pm · Sat 2pm to 6pm · closed Sun · Local Board Road

The volunteer-run café in the Charles Room, so you can have a coffee and cake with the Sophie Cordery show around you. It's named after Tina Lake, the drag persona of Bryan Timberlake, who at 92 is the UK's longest-serving drag performer.

About Tina Lake's ↗

From the 22 October issue

Eat & drink

Sat and Sun: coffee from 8am, kitchen from 9am, until 3pm

Wed to Fri: coffee from 7am, kitchen from 8am. Closed Mon and Tue. A good post-parkrun stop before the early kick-off.

Sat 2-6pm (closed Sundays). Volunteer-run café in the Charles Room, Local Board Road. Mon / Wed / Thu / Fri 1-5pm · Tue 2-9pm.

Unit Vii, Tolpits Lane ↗Tina Lake's Coffee and Cakes, Pump House ↗

From the 15 October issue