Blue Smoke
Checked 13 Oct 2026
Blue Smoke is a premises filed under Bars & pubs at 3 Garlands Road, Woolston, Christchurch. It opens 81 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 10 council reports on file.
Previously Gustav's, Blue Smoke is a live music venue that specialises in craft beer and soul food which is housed in the beautifully renovated Tannery precinct. They specialize in original music and good… more ↓
03 389 5544 · email → · bluesmoke.co.nz · Google reviews ↓
The spot itself carries an ECan consent, small scale burner, held by Cassels & Sons Brewery Limited · Operated by Cassels & Sons, 1 more door on the roll
3 Garlands Road, Woolston
Opening hours
| Monday, Thursday | 11 am, 10 pm |
|---|---|
| Friday, Saturday | 11 am, midnight |
| Sunday | 11 am, 10 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 81 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other bars & pubs
The other doors Cassels & Sons runs, 1 on the roll
Also in Woolston
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 3 Garlands Road, Woolston | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Bars & pubs | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 389 5544 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | bluesmoke.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@bluesmoke.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| Operator | Cassels & Sons, the roll lists 1 more door | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429052050749, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | BLUE SMOKE LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 30 Apr 2024 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Specialised food retailing nec | NZBN register |
| Trades as | Blue smoke low and slow | NZBN register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Previously Gustav's, Blue Smoke is a live music venue that specialises in craft beer and soul food which is housed in the beautifully renovated Tannery precinct. They specialize in original music and good hospitality. It is their goal to provide a welcoming and intimate concert environment. Enjoy fine soul food, hand crafted Cassels and Sons beer and a healthy array of liquids and liquors.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Industrial General | District Plan |
| Consent CRC111610 | Small Scale Burner, held by Cassels & Sons Brewery Limited, to 8 June 2036, 20 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC111204 | Small Scale Burner, held by Cassels & Sons Brewery Limited, 20 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
874 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 777 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Bars & pubs in Woolston, Christchurch.
3 Garlands Road, Woolston, on Garlands Road. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 389 5544 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@bluesmoke.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday, Thursday: 11 am, 10 pm; Friday, Saturday: 11 am, midnight; Sunday: 11 am, 10 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
The Brewery (20 m), Oak N Ferry (845 m), The Twisted Hop (850 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 10 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest La La Land Chocolate Garden Cafe (12 m); the Garlands Rd near Cumnor Tce bus stop is 37 m away: route 155; a shared path on the Heathcote Expressway route passes the door; nearest park: Rutherford Cemetery (159 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/blue-smoke-woolston.md.