Not so much a story as a post praising my favourite pub
Which is The Swan in Ipswich. For a few reasons.

a) San Miguel on tap

b) It's where the 'alternative' people go. By alternative i mean kind of indie types, book store workers, musicians. It is one of only 2 safe havens from dirty chavs, wanker insurance salesmen and scary metalhead types.

c) When the food is served the tables, instead of having numbers are named Hendrix, Richards, Dylan, Moon etc etc. How cool is that?!

d) Every year they have a music festival called Swanfest with lots of good small bands.

I may add other reasons when they occur to me.
(Immy The Great gave himself to Jesus, but now Jesus never calls, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 22:11, 7 replies)

sounds...
pants...
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 2:28, closed)

Ditto...
...sounds as bad as any theme pub I've had the misfortune to end up in.
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 11:06, closed)

I like The Swan
Didn't know about the music festival though.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 7 Feb 2009, 14:22, closed)

I may be moving to Ipswich soon.
Are there any other alternative pubs? Ones that aren't filled with overgrown emos?
( Bats, Sat 7 Feb 2009, 16:36, closed)

I hate the term 'alternative'
People tend to use it similarly to how emo kids claim that they are 'individual', where it gets used so damn much that the meaning of the word loses all effect.
Plus most indie kids I know makes me assume that they are the 'alternative' of not being a pretentious twat
(Stu in the hat is frothing at the gash, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 14:58, closed)

sounds good
but the people sound fairlytypical, rather then alternative.


when you said alternative, i was expecting beekeepers, the mental ill, possibly persons such as myself, who don't honestly care what social group they are grouped into.


still, the table name idea is sweet. id just give em normal names though, like steve and colin.
(Mong goose, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 13:44, closed)

Fuck the naysayers
Even if it's filled with wanky and pretentious artsy/indie types, I'd still rather hang out there than at your standard chavpit.

Sounds like a pretty good place to drink.
(Ellinikos contains a source of phenylalanine, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 2:40, closed)