Phone Box Turned Into Pub

July 20, 2011 under Pub Shots

Love the look of this:

Shepreth phone box turned into Dog and Bone pub

Dog and boneThe redundant red telephone box was temporarily turned it into the Dog and Bone

A red telephone box in a Cambridgeshire village took on a temporary new lease of life at the weekend when it opened as a pub called the Dog and Bone.

The closure of The Plough in Shepreth inspired villagers to turn a redundant phone box into an alehouse for a fete.

A local carpenter created a triangular-shaped bar to allow staff to stand inside and pull pints while drinkers queued down the pavement.

A campaign group has been set up to get The Plough reopened.

Villagers are campaigning to stop The Plough being converted into a house.

One of the group’s organisers, Louise Barrell, said the villagers wanted to demonstrate the need for somewhere to meet.

BBC News

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Pub Shots: Rugglestone Inn, Widecombe-in-the-Moor

March 13, 2011 under Pub Shots

Rugglestone Inn, Widecombe-in-the-Moor

The Rugglestone Inn, at Widecombe-in-the-moor. Fantastic beer garden, great food, decent people, and friendly chickens.

You may wanna bear those chickens in mind if you intend to go to this pub with a dog…

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The Four Lords at St Blazey Gate, Cornwall

August 30, 2010 under Pubs
Pub Review: St Austell - The Four Lords Pub, St Blazey Gate (near Par), Cornwall

I dont know about you, but when we stay somewhere, the nearest pub is almost always tried out. (Presuming that the nearest pub doesn’t look like a dump) The nearest pub to our camp site was “The Four Lords”, which can be found at St Blazey Gate – nestled between the random village of Par and St Austell.

We went along there to start with for food, we weren’t sure what to expect, but as the St Austell pub in Exeter is rather posh we expected good stuff. What we got was almighty fine food at almighty fine prices, which weren’t posh at all!

Beer wise… Well I suppose my expectations were a little high. I kinda presumed that seeing it was near St Austell then the beer would be interesting. Well it was Tribute – which is no bad thing, but I can get it from just up the road as well. I think I just wanted something a little more attention grabbing that’s all.

It’s worth noting that the wine was very nicely priced as well… And I think that sums the place up. At the end of the day, this seems like a local pub, for local people, which is geared for people who like food, and want a warm welcome.

Nice.

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Trying to find food between Christmas and New Years

January 1, 2009 under Uncategorized

Well the idea was simple. Go to The Living Room on the Saturday before New Years, and eat plenty of fine food. Problem. Even though we had a sheeet of paper saying it was open – it was in fact very closed. We looked for shelter in Henry’s Bar across the road – after we squeezed past the smoker who was blocking the door, and didn’t seem to understand “excuse me”.

Nice pub, but our general feelings were summed up by Dan:

“You’d think a place like this would be cheaper”

After we were joined by the last of our party, we decided to move onto the Bowling Green – as that place also serves food…apart from after Christmas. A pint of Doombar was consumed under their very large teasing menu board.

Our Quest continued with a trip to the Mount Rad, we walked in asked for food – was informed not that night – used their toilet – and left.

In the end we gave in and wondered over to Georges Meeting Place – the city centre weatherspoons, home of mass produced food, lukewarm chips, but still slightly cheap prices, and at least it was serving food!

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