We have a pub in Maldon but I feel we could do with a bar kind of atmosphere where people hang out, play pool and can have a more party kind of thing going.
One idea was to have the students kind of start putting something like it together themselves. Find an empty room/basement, drag in an old couch, some chairs, find a cheap billiard table, set up a bar, etc.
I figured I'd suggest it here to a) see what people think and b) get it started since it's kind of a group effort.