Come On You Hatters!
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
I know this is a can of worms but I agree with Moby.Once entry is conditional (on payment/membership/CAMRA membership,signing in by member,must purchase a meal,...and so on ) I feel the "club" should not be on this site. Maybe a sister site Clubs Galore would be an idea.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I disagree slightly; I'd posit that the majority of us that contribute to this site in terms of reviews and the forum are card carriers. For those clubs where you can use your Camra membership card for entry, it makes sense to keep them as otherwise some very good venues would be inactivated from the site, and there may be areas where these stand out as very decent real ale venues compared to the local pubs (I'm stating this without evidence by the way). The fact that Camra recognises a Club of the Year, should make at least some of these venues desirable for us tickers to want to visit. To conversely keep, let's say predominantly 'entertainment' (e.g. Popworld) or [chain] 'food-oriented' establishments (e.g. Frankie & Benny's; gastropubs notwithstanding) over these seems a bit silly, and potentially against the actual raison d'etre of the site (i.e. Pubs Galore, not You Can Just Get a Drink There Galore), however, I do accept that definitions are definitions, and adhering to Camra's definition (as posted by Richard above) seems the most sensible option.
Last edited by Komakino; 14-01-2024 at 17:42.
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Tbh I would guess the majority of users of this site will find information about CAMRA approved social clubs to be useful and sharing reviews of them is probably worthwhile. Whereas if we’re being realistic, no one is using this site to find information about their local Popworld or Frankie & Bennys, more likely they just get in the way when we’re trying to put a city centre pub crawl together!