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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Does food ?;
or a restaurant that does beer ?
This is how my family used to describe pubs (we ran a successful alehouse for many years).
As I'm staring at a new "super pub" that's being built over the road, the changing face of the industry is leading towards the latter.
What would you prefer to frequent ?
Is it more about going out and eating, with the family or friends ?
Plastikit food ?
Or having a decent pint?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pub that does food 
We will eventually but a pub (free house) that serves cask ales, there's a huge market for it where we live.
But also do food, a bit more than just pub food, but nothing fancy.
Pubs need to do food to survive these days, a lot of the sales are spilt in the favour of dry sales. |
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Pub that does food. Pubs are unique environments, when forumlated appropriately, and I'm less in favour of the more kids friendly eating places, that serve booze.
I think my ideal is a place that has a smaller section where people tend to eat, but doesn't have to be exclusively for food.
Too many great pubs being lost! |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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Most restaurants do beer, most pubs do food. It depends on my circumstances, and what's available in the area where I am.
For example I am in Newport on Monday for work. The Holiday Inn Express is basically in the middle of nowhere, but there is a pub next door which does food. Guess where I'll be eating?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I like pubs that do food as long as the food is decent. I also like places that cater for children as they are a big part of life and i hate pubs where children arnt allowed, they tend to be rather boring lifeless places in my experience 
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"Does food ?;
or a restaurant that does beer ?
This is how my family used to describe pubs (we ran a successful alehouse for many years).
As I'm staring at a new "super pub" that's being built over the road, the changing face of the industry is leading towards the latter.
What would you prefer to frequent ?
Is it more about going out and eating, with the family or friends ?
Plastikit food ?
Or having a decent pint?
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A pub that cares about the food and drink they sell.
A pub who simply goes to InBev and gets the same old Stella fosters strongbow multitap with some bland mass produced "real ale" (e.g. Marstons) on one or two hand pulls with generic crap on optic is a massive turn off.
A publican who selects their beverages based on personal experience and taste and makes an effort to get local or charismatic beer/cider on tap will get my custom every time.
Similar with food. If you reheat standard meals for £3.99 then you will get what you deserve.
Being a publican is a bloody hard job but those who go at it with passion and character do well. Those who just tread water with the same old mass produced crap deserve no sympathy. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I prefer a pub that doesn't do food. I want it to smell of beer and cigarettes. I don't want it to smell of food. Pubs, for me, are somewhere you go to talk to your mates and maybe play darts, cards etc. A lot of "gastropubs" (I hate that word), don't have a quick enough turnover in their beer. It ends up tasting crap, that is if they can actually get round to serving you as they are taking orders for food at the bar. There is one near me that does great food, and about ten different ales. But they taste awful as they just don't know what they're doing. There are plenty of pubs near me, whose only food is crisps and nuts. The beer, however, tastes fantastic and they have a proper adult pub atmosphere. There is a lot if truth in the saying Jack of all trades, master of none. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Fortunate here as there are a number of very good local pubs that serve excellent beers, one that does very good cocktails and all serve very good food. My favourite is a small independent real ale pub that has a continually changing array of real ales as well as good food. Authentic pub feel to it too |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"The beer, however, tastes fantastic and they have a proper adult pub atmosphere. There is a lot if truth in the saying Jack of all trades, master of none."
I'd rather have an old pint of real ale than a new pint of Magnet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There is a brewery in Bolton. Bank Top (amongst others), who beached out a little and bought a couple of pubs. They don't do food, music or pool tables. They are crammed full most nights. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does food ?;
or a restaurant that does beer ?
This is how my family used to describe pubs (we ran a successful alehouse for many years).
As I'm staring at a new "super pub" that's being built over the road, the changing face of the industry is leading towards the latter.
What would you prefer to frequent ?
Is it more about going out and eating, with the family or friends ?
Plastikit food ?
Or having a decent pint?
A pub that cares about the food and drink they sell.
A pub who simply goes to InBev and gets the same old Stella fosters strongbow multitap with some bland mass produced "real ale" (e.g. Marstons) on one or two hand pulls with generic crap on optic is a massive turn off.
A publican who selects their beverages based on personal experience and taste and makes an effort to get local or charismatic beer/cider on tap will get my custom every time.
Similar with food. If you reheat standard meals for £3.99 then you will get what you deserve.
Being a publican is a bloody hard job but those who go at it with passion and character do well. Those who just tread water with the same old mass produced crap deserve no sympathy. "
Well put
When we buy a pub were lucky that within a 5 miles radius there's plenty of micro brewery's.
Serving the same bland casks all year isn't a recipe for success, seasonal ales, light session ales in the summer, one pump exclusively for darks in the autumn/winter.
We've ran an ale house before and there's some good money to be made and some good times to be had.
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"Most restaurants do beer, most pubs do food. It depends on my circumstances, and what's available in the area where I am.
For example I am in Newport on Monday for work. The Holiday Inn Express is basically in the middle of nowhere, but there is a pub next door which does food. Guess where I'll be eating? "
Ooops just told everyone where you gonna be next week lol or was there method in your madness  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wyrdwoman showing your age with Magnet "
You can still get mMgnet if you're lucky
Only decent thing John Smiths make 
Our pub only had a 30 seat cover which was full most nights, and 90% was own made 
We served over 1100 different beers during our time, and I still have most of the pump clips
Getting the balance right is the hardest thing to do.
We had Monday night men's darts and one pub quiz league; Tuesday was ladies darts and another quiz league.
Wednesday was the pub quiz;
Thursday was the "quiet" night;
Friday music;
And the weekend was food;
Had to keep singeing going each night, and quizzes and darts kept you going through the darkest nights of the year |
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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago
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If im going out for food then im out for food ..if im going out for beer i like to go for beer ..too many pups now do food .. id like to see a resurgence of good pubs without food ..more places that have certain nights on like live music and open mic and comic nights even throw in karaoke and good quiz nights |
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By *ighorn2006Man
over a year ago
Ceredigion / N France |
Sometimes like this evening I want a nice beer with some pub grub, cheap & cheerful I guess.
If I want a good quality meal, I want a restaurant and I'll probably have a decent wine not beer and I don't mind paying for it.
What really annoys me is a pub charging restaurant prices for pub food . . . IT'S A PUB ! |
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