tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post9178810485744196040..comments2024-03-09T04:57:25.956+00:00Comments on HardKnott Dave's blog about stuff: Café or Pub?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-51695631255242251912010-01-12T16:08:14.081+00:002010-01-12T16:08:14.081+00:00Let's hope they don't try to turn it into ...Let's hope they don't try to turn it into the Sharrow Bay. Horses for courses. WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-26544407551545663542010-01-11T21:23:45.388+00:002010-01-11T21:23:45.388+00:00I have just noticed that the Wasdale head has been...I have just noticed that the Wasdale head has been sold. The new owners are from south and have been in the pub game, but from past experience of new owners from the south buying into the walking areas they tend not to really understand the differnce in people they get as customers. Will they want to keep brewing or go to buying in beers? All new owners want to stamp their mark on any new venture but if they fail with the Wasdale Head, and I have seen what non walker pub owners can do, normally sell out to pub chains for big profits. For me this is what you try to prevent with your pub, keep brewing and being different it is what we come to see you for.scousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-1372393140998062792010-01-11T19:36:57.290+00:002010-01-11T19:36:57.290+00:00Tandleman has a good point. During my stag night o...Tandleman has a good point. During my stag night one or two pubs were walked out of or avoided. I have thought this for some time now, but a session on quality beer is like a batting innings, you need to elect the right shots in the right places. Playing at dodgy balls only leaves you exposed to being out. Just like making the most of a crap pub when others are better is basicly selling yourself short.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686907092077149244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-32617172312807810372010-01-11T14:55:17.357+00:002010-01-11T14:55:17.357+00:00I have no problem walking out of a pub if it doesn...I have no problem walking out of a pub if it doesn't sell anything I want to buy.<br /><br />After all I don't buy a sofa when I toddle round the furniture shop, just to be polite. The difference is only scale.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-7343289901740504142010-01-10T16:02:23.219+00:002010-01-10T16:02:23.219+00:00Yes true, I found by the beach in Maui was a good ...Yes true, I found by the beach in Maui was a good place. But Daves place brings the environment and exceptional food to the equation.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686907092077149244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-42805020344680685972010-01-10T00:55:48.124+00:002010-01-10T00:55:48.124+00:00"Says it all really"
By reading most UK..."Says it all really"<br /><br />By reading most UK based blogs you would think that people only drink in pubs, at home or at beer festivals.<br /><br />There are plenty of other places you could enjoy a beer in an environment that is not a pub.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979252489432311435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-59369576242802984692010-01-09T16:15:00.252+00:002010-01-09T16:15:00.252+00:00Cut it out Bear, I have done some blogger research...Cut it out Bear, I have done some blogger research, I know who you are. Don't worry, I ain't tellin'. But calm the &^%$ down. Pigman and you should be tight. Sort out your differences and I'll write a special track for the reconciliation. Speaking of tracks, I've got a new one that will be unleashing on the new combined brilliance, anti-matter, Blogger Scum Correction Program, "Piss It Up The Wall!" It's a little story about how I joined forces with The Doctor und Pigman.<br />It just might make you weep!Whorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784943453195129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-45476526798017240242010-01-09T14:38:49.214+00:002010-01-09T14:38:49.214+00:00"I don't really get the UK and the fascin..."I don't really get the UK and the fascination with drining in pubs."<br /><br />Says it all really.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504703255217214600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-77468653090235283412010-01-09T12:00:48.825+00:002010-01-09T12:00:48.825+00:00I don't really get the UK and the fascination ...I don't really get the UK and the fascination with drining in pubs. There are great parks, fast food restaurants, and greasy spoon cafe's which would benefit nicely by hving a wet trade. Who wants to drink in places that are frequented by pensioners, smell like farts, and the definition of fashion is the fat bloke wearing a beetroot stained singlet?<br />Some pubs get the balance right though and are great places to get pissed in.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979252489432311435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-6872939142722928412010-01-09T10:59:02.191+00:002010-01-09T10:59:02.191+00:00Whorst has a point with the tax thing. To be hones...Whorst has a point with the tax thing. To be honest most pubs a go to are slightly dissapointing. But places like yours Dave deserve a following. Hell London has some great pubs, and places like York, Leeds and the likes have great places but the Woolpack brings awsome food and drink to the desolate Cumbrian countryside.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686907092077149244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-40479726953878189942010-01-08T21:45:24.837+00:002010-01-08T21:45:24.837+00:00I don't have a problem with basic, some would ...I don't have a problem with basic, some would say, boring micro food as long as it is warmed all the way through and served with a smile and some interest in my wellbeing as long as the pub serves one real ale, and it's of an acceptable quality. What I object to is a pub that is run by people who think the world owes them a living and anything will do. Thankfully places like that are fairly rare, and if they close who cares?<br />I certainly don't.Paul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-43982260381433255912010-01-08T20:05:04.690+00:002010-01-08T20:05:04.690+00:00You Englanders appear to have your own set of prob...You Englanders appear to have your own set of problems when dealing with going out for a drink. That's why people like Cookie enjoy drinking Cooking Lager in the privacy of their own home. Your alcohol is ridiculously over taxed, which is part of the problem. And who in the *&^%$ uses a microwave to warm up frozen food that's listed on the menu?? Your culture as a whole doesn't want to pay for quality. When I worked in a pub, I remember having to walk around the corner to Sainsbury's to get some frozen bangers. We cooked them by chucking them into the fryer along with frozen chips. That's culinary art is it?? Then there's the whole cask ale thing. The product that has the ability to turn to warm vinegar at the point of sale because no one gives a toss about it. Next time I come to the island, oh and believe me, I'm coming, and someone serves me a pint of warm, flat, vinegar, I will instruct them to stick it up their ass! I'm not playing the polite yank anymore, especially when someone's trying to rip me off! Hey, take total blessed when you get a chance.Whorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784943453195129865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-71558004373979791722010-01-08T17:18:03.126+00:002010-01-08T17:18:03.126+00:00I would suggest that a useful sign outside would s...I would suggest that a useful sign outside would show the opening times. I walk in the country frequently, and as a consequence I'm also gasping for a pint frequently, when I come across a pub. It isn't open but that's no problem as I'm in no especial hurry, but I'd like to know what time it opens (11, 11:30 or 12, 4, 5, or 6 or perhaps not at all today). But a number of pubs don't show this when it can't be that hard to do. I'm in no hurry but I'm not going to wait on the off chance.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-33062249404110514552010-01-08T16:23:51.908+00:002010-01-08T16:23:51.908+00:00That’s the trouble with pubs mate, their personal ...That’s the trouble with pubs mate, their personal fiefdoms run for the whims, prejudices and benefit of the owner and not the paying punter. I’ve even encountered pubs where they don’t let you put brown sauce on the organic sausages ‘cos the owner don’t like it. What’s that about? You slag off pubs all you like, I’m with you mate.<br /><br />You wanna go to a nice Spoons. £1.99 ham egg & chips. 99p cask bitter. Pubs run for the customer.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446074078505386356.post-37270544369977805772010-01-08T15:56:05.098+00:002010-01-08T15:56:05.098+00:00Coming over Hardknott Pass your pub always does ta...Coming over Hardknott Pass your pub always does take me by surprise - I can never remember round which stretch of road it is and then suddenly, wham, there it is. Indeed the first few times (on the way to Fisherground) I'm not sure any of us were even sure it was a pub as we catched a quick glance on the way past.<br /><br />I think permanent elevated signs, say, 300yds either way down the road, letting people know there's something coming up, might help out a lot. By the time you see an A-board it's too late to stop for something you're not even sure what is (especially on that narrow little road).<br /><br />I imagine with 30 seconds warning you might get a few more people sat in their cars saying "hey does anyone fancy a stop-off here" and pulling in for a pint.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537248885704247872noreply@blogger.com