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11-06-2022, 09:13
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Recently there was some discussion on Twitter about the signifiers of both rough pubs and snobby pubs. So I thought I would ask a related question of what things you come across when entering a pub that give you a positive feeling. These are a few of my personal suggestions – not the big items of beer and food offer or pricing, but the little touches. I’ve deliberately not included any that are the absence of something.
Frosted or etched glass windows
Bench seating
A stone-flagged or quarry-tiled floor
Or, failing that, a carpet
A jukebox
A glass case on the bar containing cobs/rolls
Small round copper-topped tables
Beermats
A pub cat or dog
A Sooty or similar charity box
A font for an obscure blast-from-the-past keg mild or bitter
Cards of nuts and snacks pinned up behind the bar, especially the famous “Ploughman’s Lunch”
Pictures or memorabilia reflecting a personal interest of the licensee
Lamely humorous notices such as “Free beer tomorrow!”
Coat hooks on the front of the bar
A collection of miscellaneous well-thumbed books and magazines for customers to readA traditional pub game such as bar billiards, bagatelle or devil among the tailors. Even table football
I’m sure you can add one or two of your own...
More... (https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-sight-ot-gladden-heart.html)
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Recently there was some discussion on Twitter about the signifiers of both rough pubs and snobby pubs. So I thought I would ask a related question of what things you come across when entering a pub that give you a positive feeling. These are a few of my personal suggestions – not the big items of beer and food offer or pricing, but the little touches. I’ve deliberately not included any that are the absence of something.
Frosted or etched glass windows
Bench seating
A stone-flagged or quarry-tiled floor
Or, failing that, a carpet
A jukebox
A glass case on the bar containing cobs/rolls
Small round copper-topped tables
Beermats
A pub cat or dog
A Sooty or similar charity box
A font for an obscure blast-from-the-past keg mild or bitter
Cards of nuts and snacks pinned up behind the bar, especially the famous “Ploughman’s Lunch”
Pictures or memorabilia reflecting a personal interest of the licensee
Lamely humorous notices such as “Free beer tomorrow!”
Coat hooks on the front of the bar
A collection of miscellaneous well-thumbed books and magazines for customers to readA traditional pub game such as bar billiards, bagatelle or devil among the tailors. Even table football
I’m sure you can add one or two of your own...
More... (https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-sight-ot-gladden-heart.html)