Gastropubs

[richard]

Tonemonkey, I live 50 yards from my local and think myself lucky but you can see your from your front room ? Looks like a really cool pub as well. How long has it been closed ?

[ToneMonkey]

It's been closed about 18 months or so from what I'm told, but I only moved here in February so it was closed when I got here. It used to have a good reputation, so I hope they do it justice. They're definitely doing a lot of work there and the village is full of builders vans.

I'm fortunate that I'm far enough away not to hear it, I'm probably about the same distance away as you are. Here's a streetview snip, pub is on the left, my house is at the end of the yellow line.

It's a nice easy drunken walk home.

[itamar101]

What's with all the thread revivals recently??? And why the worst ones?!! :lol:

[ToneMonkey]

No threads about pubs is a bad thread  :D

[gwEm]

I like pubs that happen to have good food.

To me a 'gastropub' suggests more of a restaurant type thing, with a pub-theme.. And I don't like those at all - poncey small portions and all that.

The type of gastropubs I have in mind don't have "poncey small portions", they just have good food, cooked fresh on the premises, by someone who actually knows how to cook. 

As opposed to the frozen, boil-in-the-bag rubbish served by most pub chains.

Well, those sound like fine establishments indeed. I guess I think of something more like a restaurant when I think of a gastropub. I'm sure you know the type of place I'm driving at though, its all a question of terms innit ;)

[Philly Q]

Well, those sound like fine establishments indeed. I guess I think of something more like a restaurant when I think of a gastropub. I'm sure you know the type of place I'm driving at though, its all a question of terms innit 

The ones I'm thinking of are usually in remote locations somewhere in the countryside, which you can't possibly get to without driving (or getting a lift in my case).  I like them better than proper posh restaurants, to be honest.