On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
> On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
>> Arthur Figgis <afi...@example.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>> In message <
ak5l0e1k6rgkpu8g7...@4ax.com>, at 15:51:48 on
>>>> Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner <
Recli...@btinternet.com> remarked:
>>>>
>>>>>>> expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
>>>>>>> the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!
>>>>>
>>>>> Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.
>>>>
>>>> When and where?
>>>
>>> My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
>>> sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
>>> nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
>>> recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).
>>>
>>>
>>> I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. >GBP4...
>>
>> Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
>> than
>> the local competition.
>
> Why? Are they awful?
Variable. My definition of a crap place is that the only entry in the
GBG is a Spoons.
That one with staff wearing bodycams and drug dealers in the bogs is
very different to the one in a converted opera house.
For all their faults, they do have a minimum standard, and they do
reliably serve something resembling hot food without all the "FOOD
SERVED ALL DAY!!! [but not after 1pm or at weekends]" hassle of "proper"
pubs.
(all real ales at The George in Croydon are currently under GBP3)
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK