The Freemount is one of the most popular bars in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, and here is why.
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00:00Now when the assignment came through to talk up one of the best bars in the city
00:02I basically shut down because there are so many great options, but eventually I settled on the Fremont
00:07I sat down with one of the members of staff here, Alex, to find out what makes it so special
00:11Cheers
00:12Cheers
00:12Thank you very much
00:13Oh, I've not done a bad job
00:17I've been working here for almost a year now, started in November
00:20Cool, and how has that experience been for you?
00:22It's been great
00:23Yeah
00:23I absolutely love it
00:24I think it's because it gets that, I don't want to say northern kind of friendliness
00:28But everyone wants to have a chat with each other
00:30You can come out and then you'll meet random people
00:32And it's like, right, we've met at the Fremont, we'll just go somewhere else
00:34It's like, you'll meet a lot of people here in this pub that you wouldn't think you'd end up speaking to
00:39I came in, asked for a job, he gave me an interview and I started the same night
00:43Okay, wow, fair enough
00:45Talk me through that first shift then, how was that?
00:47It was terrifying, especially
00:49Just moving to Manchester as well, it was like, right, I need to get a job
00:52I need to do something to be a part of it
00:54And I came in here, it's been manic
00:56It must say quite a lot about the team here
00:58You'd like to say you walked in and then you started
01:00Yeah, oh the team's brilliant
01:01Well that's what I was going to say, because the staff, to maintain a decent crowd
01:04The staff must be friendly
01:06So what is it about the team that you enjoy working with?
01:08I'm not sure, it's just a flux of different characters really
01:11So that's what I like about it
01:13Coming back from the town where I grew up, it's like
01:15You know, it's good, but you go to pubs and it's like
01:17Drink served out kind of deal
01:19You have a chat with everyone, everyone's nice
01:21And to work with as well
01:23When I joined it was November time last year
01:25We had New Year's Eve
01:27And I'd never worked New Year's ever
01:29And when we started working there, I didn't know what to expect
01:31It was brilliant
01:33Drinks behind the bar and everything, so everyone's getting a bit
01:35You know, having a bit of fun
01:37And then when it hit midnight, shut the bar for 30 minutes
01:39My manager Noah
01:41He went round with three bottles of champagne
01:43Just feeding it to different people behind the bar
01:46Went off and then he started DJing
01:48It was just, everyone loved it
01:50It makes a relationship with the customers as well
01:52Which is what we want, because then it's easier to serve them
01:54Of course, well
01:56Up for the raisins
01:58Now you can see from that chat just how friendly
02:00And easy going the staff are
02:02Here's some of the reasons why customers find the place so special
02:04Some of the best Guinness in Manchester
02:06I would say
02:08In terms of the Northern Quarter in general
02:10I think it's one of the best parts
02:12We went over here for the Boxing Day
02:14Match in
02:162022
02:18When we arrived, it was cold
02:20It was windy, it was what you call
02:22Classic Manchester weather
02:24Every place was shut down
02:26Until we stumbled upon a place called
02:28The Fremont
02:30And just as the door opened up
02:32We could hear the live band
02:34Playing
02:36And we just arrived on the
02:38Sweet Caroline
02:44I think the staff here are so good
02:46The staff are excellent
02:48And great, great view line
02:50I come here Friday and Saturday night
02:52I really like the live music
02:54It's fun to have a dance here
02:56So that's the Fremont, come down, give it a try
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