Favourite pub

[BagOfCrisps 24]

Anyone here with a fave pub?

 

So many pubs have gone downhill recently.

First there was all the modern theme pubs, then just running down in general and closing down. There's less and less still open.

 

One I love is called the Bottle & Glass pub in Aylesbury.

Great place and lots of memories.

[thursday 1]

so many pubs, so few memories.

 

Gonna have to think hard for a favourite pub, so many to sift through and so few memory cells left.

[RobBright 35]

The Spotted dog or The Leiceseter Arms in Penshurst. Proper country pubs.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

my favourite pubs from back home are now either absolute crap or closed down....it was quite depressing going back to them and seeing how crap they are now

[stemik 14]

i used to frequent a nice little Irish bar in west Shinjuku....i wonder if its still there?

[thursday 1]

James Joyce?

[stemik 14]

no not James Joyce something like The Limerick...

[thursday 1]

"The Dubliners" get it?

[stemik 14]

no not the Dubliners though I beleive there is one called that near the east exit

[Mantas 3]

Aussie pubs are generally crap. Mostly a place for drunks and gamblers to congregate.

 

Taverns on the other hand are quite pleasant. Smoke free family friendly places that serve a decent meal. Zero character though.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

Unfortunately, I dont think the US has the Pub scene like you do in the UK. At least, not from experience. I think the closest thing youll find in the States are the college towns. Athens, Ga was pretty badass in that respect; so in college I did have a few places I was a regular at and from what I hear, theyre still around too. I havent been back there for 8 years.

 

No favorite pubs in Kansai, just favorite restaurants.

[thursday 1]

the pubs in the UK are marvellous. Beer gardens, games rooms, regulars who hate fresh faces, landlords who hate money, kids banned from all areas deemed pub premises. Altogether a unique experience.

[RobBright 35]

And every one has a local nutter!

[Mantas 3]

What about the pubs in Ireland where the security wont let you in sober.

[RobBright 35]

hey, it's Ireland. Have you ever met a sober Irish person?

[thursday 1]

Originally Posted By: Mantas

What about the pubs in Ireland where the security wont let you in sober.

Good point, I don't think there was ever a sober Irishman in Ireland.

[thursday 1]

estimated there are 40 pubs closing each week in the UK. With imminent 20% VAT on beer, they reckon there will be more. Civil unrest as the British way of life succumbs to pub-less villages.

[panhead_pete 27]

The railway hotel in St Agnes Cornwall, because the roof is really low and it makes me feel tall.

 

The Pacific Hotel (I think) in Yamba NSW for a great views and not kicking us out when we started smashing our guitars.

 

What was Thommos at Mooloolaba Qld but now long gone. Many messy nights and Sunday Sess's there growing up.

 

LeCreme Cafe, really a bar, in a car park at the beach in Hossegor France. Epic place after a surf.

 

Could go on boring you but will go see what is happening in the cheese and world cup thread

[js 0]

Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps

Anyone here with a fave pub?

So many pubs have gone downhill recently.
First there was all the modern theme pubs, then just running down in general and closing down. There's less and less still open.

One I love is called the Bottle & Glass pub in Aylesbury.
Great place and lots of memories.

Yep, the fridge out in the shed - each day I try to perform the following wind-down ritual: home from work change into old comfortable clothes, go out to said fridge and crack a cold one or three, open the chook pen to let the chooks out onto the lawn for a run (better quality eggs!), sip the beer and talk to the chooks ... don't get no arguments there!

Everyone should have a ritual to wind down.

[js 0]

Originally Posted By: Mantas

Aussie pubs are generally crap. Mostly a place for drunks and gamblers to congregate.

Taverns on the other hand are quite pleasant. Smoke free family friendly places that serve a decent meal. Zero character though.

That's a pretty big generalisation.

I tend to agree that a lot of suburban pubs are crap, but some of the ones in the inner city have a real buzz. Most country pubs are great for all the family - if you pick the right place, you can also get cheap local foods e.g. locally butchered grass fed beef/lamb, seafood, even camel or croc!

[thursday 1]

Camel's hump in a pub? Maybe in the carpark.

[panhead_pete 27]

Nah in the girls toilets.