Crossbar, the UK first women’s sports bar, is creating a safe and welcoming environment for fans

Pippa Tallant was at her limit. For too long she had listened to her wife, Lucy, go on and on with her friends about there not being quite the right bar to watch sport. Finally, it was time to do something about it. After nearly a decade of knocking about the idea, Pippa and Lucy took the plunge. They quit their jobs and opened Crossbar, a space dedicated to watching women’s sport as well as being an inclusive place where women can watch all sports. “We were, like, ‘Well, where do all those peop