If I lived closer to your boozer I'd come
Since my local closed forever the handful of regulars have had to relocate to a very poor alternative, although there is a very splendid bullshit merchant in it.

EDIT - The not-so-good doctor might be referring to B3TA and not his pub.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:24, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

It's sad when boozers close, but the economic climate is a big factor, not just the moan about the smoking ban.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:27, Reply)

The area changed demographically - 149 years as a pub and now no custom.
It's a lovely building and the developers who bought it let it run as a pub until they were ready to adapt it - no real regrets because I've seen their plans and I've got first dibs on management contract.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:34, Reply)

Free house?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:47, Reply)

It was free from 2011 - developers bought it off Shitbread
It made money and, as above, I know the developers.

It'll make more as two good flats.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:51, Reply)

In the past couple of years I've witnessed two boozers come back from the brink
Unfortunately they've both turned into TV-ridden, mainly food places. But, if they stay open I suppose it's a good thing.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:59, Reply)

I was actually referring to b3ta, yes.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Sun 7 Sep 2014, 19:46, Reply)