The expression 'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves' was put into action when I went up the bar and took full advantage of the pub's offer of money off a pint of real ale (a pint of Purity UBU) for CAMRA members. Okay it was only twenty English pennies but as they say in the Tesco advert 'Every little helps' especially as Mr L unexpectedly requested a pint of premium (aka expensive) Italian lager Peroni.
The front of the pub is where drinkers congregate so, as we were eating, we took a seat in the back room. There was seemingly a veritable feast on offer judging by the size of the menu it took up half the table.....
....however we were informed that because of the impending refit (the pub was closing for a week four hours after we arrived) there was a chance that some of the food may not be available, I had visions of us having to go back to ma and pa's with Mrs L cooking her own birthday lunch !! We needn't have worried they had everything we ordered with the exception of my mushy peas which given the inevitable methane gas impact on the ozone layer probably wasn't a bad thing !!
The food was great, the beer was great and the pub fully justifies its inclusion in the CAMRA good beer guide.
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