Where I grew up the beer was warm and the landlord cold. The beer was also flat and very bitter, in itself a control on binge drinking until I discovered lager. Journalists can’t resist boozy stories and the New York Times crawls around Oxford’s pubs (Cambridge’s are just as sordid) while Book Forum stumbles through… Read more »
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Glass half empty as pub chains fail after smoking bans
More than a few people are surprised at the silly millions pubs are selling for. But could it be that they are overpriced now with interest rates peaking at over 9 per cent? Already the smoking ban is taking it’s toll – recently The Gin Palace’s Vernon Chalker said his takings dropped over 20 per… Read more »
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