Guest post from Recorra
Another Brighton Pride has come and gone, bringing colour, community, celebration, and thousands of visitors to the city.
While the parade, performances, and parties rightly take centre stage, there’s another story worth recognising. Behind the bars, in busy kitchens, and across café counters, hospitality teams worked tirelessly to welcome Pride-goers while also making sustainability part of the celebration.
Across Brighton, many venues are taking practical steps to reduce waste, recycle more, and make better use of resources. From food waste collections and glass recycling to responsible sourcing and local supply chains, these businesses are helping to keep Brighton vibrant, welcoming, and environmentally conscious.
Here are just a few of the Brighton restaurants, cafés, and bars that deserve recognition for helping make Pride a little more sustainable this year.
Coffee Stops with a Conscience
The Flour Pot Bakery (Seafront)
A Brighton institution, The Flour Pot Bakery is known for its locally roasted coffee. Alongside serving its popular range of artisan breads, pastries, and coffees, Flour Pot has taken steps to reduce its environmental footprint through initiatives such as compostable packaging and investment in lower-carbon bakery operations.
Wolfox
Wolfox has sustainability built into its wider business philosophy, with a focus on organic products and environmentally conscious sourcing.
By separating recyclable materials and food waste, the café is helping recover resources that might otherwise end up in general waste.
Lunch Along the Parade Route
Wahaca
Wahaca has been recognised for its work on responsible sourcing, reducing its carbon footprint, and reducing the amount of waste its locations generate.
The Coal Shed
The Coal Shed’s menus focus on high-quality seasonal ingredients sourced as locally as possible, reducing food miles and supporting regional producers wherever they can.
Regular recycling collections help ensure valuable materials are diverted away from general waste wherever possible.
Tutto
Built around seasonal ingredients and a sharing-style dining experience that celebrates simple, quality produce, Tutto works to make the most of the materials and ingredients used throughout its operation, keeping everything as close to home as possible.
A commitment to ethical recycling keeps their recyclables in the circular economy.
Riddle & Finns
Known for its seafood offering, Riddle & Finns highlights sustainably sourced fish and seafood on its menus. Combined with dedicated recycling collections for materials generated on site, these efforts help reduce environmental impact while supporting more responsible resource use.
Something Sweet
Kaspa’s
Serving everything from waffles and crepes to milkshakes and sundaes, Kaspa’s uses locally sourced pasteurised milk and cream to cut emissions where possible. By separating recyclable materials and minimising the amount sent to general waste in Brighton, the business is helping ensure more resources can be recovered and reused.
Feeling Thirsty
Hector’s House
As an independent Brighton pub focused on working with local suppliers and producers, Hector’s supports Brighton’s economy by helping reduce unnecessary transport impacts by buying local. Recycling collections help ensure that materials such as bottles, cans, and cardboard are recovered after use.
The Cowley Club
The Cowley Club’s volunteer-run vegan café and bar contribute to a lower-impact food offering, while its community-led approach promotes reuse, sharing, and responsible consumption. Its recycling efforts help further reduce waste generated through its café and events programme.
The Joker
A popular Brighton pub and events space, The Joker works to recycle materials generated through its busy food and drinks operation, helping divert more resources away from general waste and into the circular economy.
Small Changes, Big Impact
Hospitality businesses generate a wide range of materials every day, many of which can be recycled when the right systems are in place. By separating materials such as glass, food waste, and mixed recycling, businesses can help recover valuable resources and reduce what ends up in general waste.
The venues featured here are just a small selection of the many Brighton businesses working with Recorra to take positive steps to improve their recycling. As Pride returns to Brighton, we’re pleased to celebrate the businesses helping make Brighton’s hospitality scene that little bit more sustainable.
As the city reflects on another fantastic Pride weekend, they deserve recognition not just for keeping everyone fed and watered, but for helping make Brighton a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable place to celebrate.
So here’s a well-earned shoutout to the businesses doing their bit for Pride, for Brighton, and for the future.