Location is important,
Some places can't support the pricier things. And not everyone has the skill or kitchen to make a destination place work.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:27, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Got a good amount of locals and lot of passing trade. The guy does a lot of beer festivals etc.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:30, Reply)

I bet he puts some serious hours in.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:31, Reply)

i got my brother a thing for christmas where he gets 12 rare real ales a month for 6 months
the guy who runs that little business basically spends his life going around tiny microbreweries, sampling and selling them. nice work if you can get it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:35, Reply)

It's only nice work if it's making you a profit.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:39, Reply)

i suspect he spends most of his days in a fat alcoholic daze
and so doesn't care...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:41, Reply)

Battered, or the real ale guy?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:42, Reply)

Does yeah.
Pub is basically their life. Social, work everything really.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:53, Reply)

We've dismissed chains
But my local is one of these:-

markettowntaverns.co.uk/

It's a small chain but well placed.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:34, Reply)