The York Tap (York)
And so I have died and gone to beer heaven. When I awake, I am in a room of satisfied murmurings. Light is flooding in through stained glass cupolas, and […]
Category Archives: Outside the M25
The Golden Ball (York)
In their dreams, there are some people who think pubs should be like this. Most of those people are probably university lecturers, social workers, or morris dancers. They are all […]
The Green Man (Stamford)
Before I go on to talk about something completely different, which I assure you I do, let me first review this pub. This is a really good pub – loads […]
The Cosy Club PE9 2RB (Stamford)
Already this sounds a bit wrong. Stamford is a quaint, stone market town with hearty, ruddy pubs. The Cosy Club should be the name of some swinging 50’s bar in […]
The Exeter Arms (Stamford/Barrowden)
I find it really hard to review the actual pubs. Part of me assumes everyone knows what a pub is like, that’s why you’re there. “Oh, you sell soft and […]
The Railway Inn (Stamford)
I have only vague memories of pubs in the 1990s given that I was only 14 when they finished. Those memories are dominated by red faux-velvet upholstery tacked down with […]
Melbourn Brothers/All Saint Brewery PE9 2PA (Stamford)
For me it is the mark of a good pub that you don’t know its name. The level of familiarity has gone past the point of names in much the […]
