tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post6430625003512621333..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Gastropub or not?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-70992071109288846702008-07-14T20:51:00.000+01:002008-07-14T20:51:00.000+01:00But I do like pubs where the food isn't just an af...<I>But I do like pubs where the food isn't just an after-thought, only there to soak up the booze and stop people going home to their loving families.</I><BR/><BR/>Boak, that is brilliantly expressed and very quotable!Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-77207885342983792432008-07-14T19:07:00.000+01:002008-07-14T19:07:00.000+01:00Indeed cathk ale does not. In this case though, as...Indeed cathk ale does not. In this case though, as I said, at lunchtime at least, it was a pub.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-39144111088217836282008-07-14T15:55:00.000+01:002008-07-14T15:55:00.000+01:00Nice place-I've been. But definitely not a gastrop...Nice place-I've been. But definitely not a gastropub. Apart from the prices and the fact it serves crisps, albeit organic, with sandwiches, it isn't even a pub. When a place describes itself as a restaurant, the locals describe it as a restaurant and it's listed in restaurant guides, it's a restaurant! Cask ale doth not make a pub.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-84106947466864124612008-07-13T09:48:00.000+01:002008-07-13T09:48:00.000+01:00I'm not over keen on the G-word either because it'...I'm not over keen on the G-word either because it's just a bit pretentious. But I do like pubs where the food isn't just an after-thought, only there to soak up the booze and stop people going home to their loving families.<BR/><BR/>This place sounds great.<BR/><BR/>My parents' pub in Exeter in the 1980s was an early gastropub. They had a microwave, a chest freezer and a plastic sign advertising hot pies and pasties...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com