Getting home from Brum can be a bit of a nuisance at times so to save on hassle we booked a room in the Hampton by Hilton on Broad Street. We had stopped there before and, just like on one of our previous visits, we had been placed in room 1702, the special needs room on the seventh floor. I made a mental note to myself, whilst I was getting ready to go out, that the red cord in our room was an emergency cord and not a light switch.
We made the short journey to Harborne by bus and called in at the nearest pub to the bus stop, The Harborne Stores. The pub itself was okayish, it was a bit basic and although it wasn't a Wetherspoon's establishment it was probably as close as Harborne gets to such a venue. The emphasis was on value for money and I for one wasn't arguing especially when I purchased a rather nice pint of Greene King IPA for the princely sum of £1.75, a veritable bargain.
There was a distinct lack of women in the place and if I was to describe the venue as an old man's pub then I wouldn't be too wide of the mark. We made our way to the back of the pub out of harm's reach.
The fact that the televisions in the pub were tuned into the horse racing channel probably tells you all you need to know about the Harborne Stores. Food connoisseurs may be interested to know that £6.45 gets you two meals in this pub whilst wine experts may be more interested in the bottle of wine plus two meals offer for just £11.95 !!
We stopped for another as this was certainly one store that I enjoyed shopping in !!
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