In my middle class,hipster ,craft beer drinking circle you are probably aware that scoring 1/10 would be classed as a better score than 9/10. Moby would probably agree.
In my middle class,hipster ,craft beer drinking circle you are probably aware that scoring 1/10 would be classed as a better score than 9/10. Moby would probably agree.
Indeed.Originally Posted by london calling
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Me too.
"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.
I've just spoken to my dad and he's done 1058 with all shut/sold ones prior to shutting with about 40 still to do or maybe a few more with some new ones listed as opening. Still beats the women into touch as she'll never catch him up once he gets round to doing the new openings.
Last edited by bcfczuluarmy; 13-08-2017 at 20:55.
That's an impressive total. The geezer who does the online list claims 1075 out of 1098 and that includes airports and Ireland. He reckons that the new one at Gorleston in Norfolk has been put back to next year so that's one less to worry about this year. He reckons that they have 922 outlets now but that includes the 16 airport ones and a number that are closed but not yet sold so their total of open outlets is almost certainly under 900.
'Shark in minnow pond': Ramsgate locals split on new Wetherspoon pub
https://www.theguardian.com/business...toria-pavilion
I would hate to be a publican in Ramsgate.This will shut quite a few pubs. Don't know Ramsgate but maybe this is the shake up It needs. I wonder if a pub this size can ever be profitable or will it be subsidised by the rest of the chain.
The new GBG currently lists a back street local with up to five beers and three micropubs. I can't see them being affected much. IMO Spoons are more a threat to chain restaurants and local cafes rather than pubs.
I had similar thoughts about the size of the place. I've only been through Ramsgate, never stopped there. Apparently it has a population of 40,000. I don't recall ever hearing anyone say they were going to Ramsgate for a day by the sea or a holiday.
The bloke who thinks a Spoons will put off Londoners is talking drivel.
I won't be going there until October so we shall see.
The biggest cost is staff. I expect it will be as difficult to get served on a sleety January Wednesday afternoon as it is on a hot August Saturday night.
Back in the 1960s/early 70s it was quite a popular day trip for people living in the Medway Towns, and we once had a week's holiday in a B&B there as we couldn't afford the petrol to drive to Bournemouth or Bognor, and going North through the Dartford Tunnel was a significant undertaking. I wouldn't fancy spending time there now, though, other than as part of an extended pub crawl or when berthing overnight in the Harbour when I can't be bothered to carry on to Dover.
Remember to take your Romanian phrase book with you.
'Beer is for all day, not just for breakfast'.
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