List of Popular Pub Names

[Tris39]

I would say with certainty, yes they are different names that happen to share a common word .

Of course. Like Kings Arms/Head, Kings/Nags Head, Royal/Penderels Oak, Black/Pied Bull. Not sure why Miller and Carter (105), Turtle Bay (108), Cosy Club (114), TGI Fridays (170), Simmons (183) and Popworld (201) are on the list.

[sheffield hatter]

Not sure why Miller and Carter (105), Turtle Bay (108), Cosy Club (114), TGI Fridays (170), Simmons (183) and Popworld (201) are on the list.

Probably because accepting them as entries in the main pub guide section of the website but refusing to acknowledge them in the Most Common Pub Names feature would be a) kinda crazy and b) a lot of extra work for no particular benefit.

[Tris39]

Probably because accepting them as entries in the main pub guide section of the website but refusing to acknowledge them in the Most Common Pub Names feature would be a) kinda crazy and b) a lot of extra work for no particular benefit.

You don't say? But if there were 513 branches of Popworld, then the Red Lion would no longer be the most popular pub name.

[sheffield hatter]

You don't say? But if there were 513 branches of Popworld, then the Red Lion would no longer be the most popular pub name.

I wasn't aware of Popworld until you mentioned it. I can go back to that state of bliss without requiring anyone to mess with the list of pub names.

[Pangolin]

I wasn't aware of Popworld until you mentioned it. I can go back to that state of bliss without requiring anyone to mess with the list of pub names.

Pah! - I'm only too well aware of them. Usually in old pubs and never open when I am there, they are a complete nuisance when trying to 'Winfield' somewhere. One day I shall actually go in one...

[Blackthorn]

All this talk of Popworld has made me realise that their Bristol venue is not listed. Although I haven’t been there in it’s current iteration, I did when it was known as Reflex and was presumably much the same with a focus on 80’s music.

From looking at their website though, it seems they don’t open until 9:00pm, so I don’t think it really warrants a listing on a pub website.

[Brainypool]

All this talk of Popworld has made me realise that their Bristol venue is not listed. Although I haven’t been there in it’s current iteration, I did when it was known as Reflex and was presumably much the same with a focus on 80’s music.

From looking at their website though, it seems they don’t open until 9:00pm, so I don’t think it really warrants a listing on a pub website.

And their website calls them “clubs” too. I think they’re just cluttering the site for no reason.

[Tris39]

All this talk of Popworld has made me realise that their Bristol venue is not listed. Although I haven’t been there in it’s current iteration, I did when it was known as Reflex and was presumably much the same with a focus on 80’s music.

From looking at their website though, it seems they don’t open until 9:00pm, so I don’t think it really warrants a listing on a pub website.

And their website calls them “clubs” too. I think they’re just cluttering the site for no reason.

Perhaps best to mark them as shut?

[Pangolin]

Perhaps best to mark them as shut?

Mixed feelings. True they are late night venues, but there are quite a few such on the site. Owned by Stonegate of course, the biggest pub operator in the country, their prime raison d'être is to serve drink (including keg beer), they do not generally charge admission and I can't actually find anywhere they refer to themselves as "clubs". While I would not be sorry to see them go, that opens the old can of worms of how to decide what is and isn't a pub.

[rpadam]

While I would not be sorry to see them go, that opens the old can of worms of how to decide what is and isn't a pub.

I thought our 'rule of thumb' was similar to that used by Camra, i.e. words to the effect of this?

A pub must:
a) be open to and welcome the general public without requiring membership or residency and without charging for admission;
b) serve at least one draught beer or cider; and
c) allow drinking without requiring food to be consumed.