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Originally Posted by jaysay
Makes no difference to me Kate, a restaurants a restaurant a pubs a pub end of as far as I'm concerned
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Must admit I like a Pub that's a Pub, a smoky (as was) den of depravity that served Draught Ale & the only bottles you get are Spirits or mixers (with maybe a couple of bottles of Milk Stout for Old Mary as she won't have owt else), non of your southern shandy drinking multi lumocoloured, sweet, sticky, fruity, trendy, alcopop rubbish thank you very much
But Pubs can't live by Ale alone so now we tend to see an increase in Gastro-pubs, where you don't just go for a bevvy after work or to watch the Footy or a fly pint before Sunday Dinner, that culture has long since disappeared, you may occasionally find a "Working Mans' Club" (also dying out due to the Equalities harridans) somewhere where time has stood still & they're true to the old ways but the majority of places now offer you an "experience".
It may not quite be the experience you'd like to partake of but it's just moving with the times & the Landlord hedging his bets to keep turnover coming in, simple enough to avoid if it's not your thing just go take refuge in the "Railway" (I believe that's the place for the harried & harassed to be
). You never know they may even organise a day out !
Enjoy it while you can !