Pub Of The Month - January 2023
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Not many visits this month,but I enjoyed this old favourite that I've known since I was a boy:The Ferry Inn
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Cavern of the Curious Gnome, Chester.
Cracking little place with more than hints of the House of the Trembling Madness. Had a Chimay from the tap, and was stewarded over by a ten foot gnome!
I wonder how foreigners would pronounce gnome...
Very Impressed with A Hoppy Place.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Even before I read Brainy Pool's review, I too thought that this place sounds like a Prog Rock album, something fronted by Rick Wakeman.Originally Posted by Spinko
Otherwise, some pretty terrible pubs due to mopping up the dross in Westminster and Islington, with just 11 new visits this month:
The Charlotte Despard
The Eaglet
The Enkel Arms
Lord High Admiral
North Nineteen
The Phoenix
Sports Bar & Grill
Three Falcons
Whittington Stone
Wig & Pen
By a whisker, POTM goes to: Traders Inn.
Just one new pub this month, but definitely worthy of a mention. The Prince of Wales was a couple of minutes stroll, along the canal, from my daughter's graduation at Symphony Hall. Decent beer (10 pumps?) and a friendly, welcoming landlady.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
So glad you enjoyed it and delighted that it is back on form after a long period of closure. This was one of my student haunts in the mid 70's,the nearby canal helped
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Three Pigeons.
Full marks from me.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Paul was so taken with it on only previous visit that it became a must for him on his subsequent WY crawl, the only stop we made in Halifax.
Sorry, but it has to be a club this month (and not just any old one, but just recognised with Camra's Club of the Year award): Marden Village Club (WhatPub).
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