Why Aren't You In The Pub?

[barry1010]

It's Friday night, you can have a lie in tomorrow so why aren't you in your local or a trendy city centre pub or bargain basement Weather spoons?

29 pubs a week are closing in the UK.  Why is it happening, in your opinion? 

[pastafreak]

From the point of view of a single oldie...its expensive. 

But for my daughter and her partner in London...they don't seem to blink an eye.

As I mentioned on another thread about Plymouth, the bar and club scene seems nowhere near as lively as 10 years or so ago...in spite of this being a university town.

[andy-hughes]

Drinking and socialising habits have changed a lot in the last forty years.

Years ago, people went to the pub to meet others, and have a social drink. 

Now people sir at home and socialise through their computers and phones and buy alcohol from supermarkets.

In another generation, pubs will probably all be gone, unless they also provide excellent food, which makes them restaurants. 

[jno]

in my case, I gave up pubs 30 years ago as my hearing packed up and the jukeboxes got louder.

jno jnr sometimes takes me out for a pub lunch by the river at the weekends, when it's quieter, but I don't drink much and he doesn't drink at all. As andy says, we're there for the restaurant (though no reason why pubs shouldn't do good food)

[Smowball]

When 2 large white wines in the pub cost almost £13, and you can buy a bottle of wine in the local supermarket for £4.50.......

[1ozzy]

Good point Smow. The last pub I went to charged $10.00 for a nip of rum, that equals $235.00 per bottle.

I can buy a bottle for $45.00 and invite my pretend friends to share.🙄

[Smowball]

Exactly!

[1ozzy]

So you have pretend friends too?

😇

[Mozz71]

Because I don't want to spend £8 a pint.

[1ozzy]

//Why is it happening, in your opinion? //

Because the owners are greedy ***?

A get rich quick scheme?

 

[Chipchopper]

Because people stare when they see me spilling it, thanks to Parkingsons

[Smowball]

Chip, am sorry if they do stare - can't be very nice. My ex MIL also had Parkinson's diagnosed when I was married to her son, and she didn't like going out for the same reason.

[Countrylover]

We only go to pubs to eat.  Never for a drink.  I don't drink and Mr L drives and really doesn't drink much at all. Even at home it's an occasional lager or a glass of wine.  Pubs wouldn't survive at all out in the  countryside now without providing food as well. I don't know about city pubs,

Besides,only fools would pay the prices.  I  think their demise has nothing to do with technology in the home.

[ToraToraTora]

I go to a social club on Friday from about 5 to about 8. All the pints are less that £4  and club doubles are £3.20 and £2.50 in Happy hour for a pint or a double. Mozz must live in Monaco for £8 a pint! Even the most expensive battle cruisers round here are less than £6.

[davebro3]

We used to have a regular pub night on Fridays but with family changes and house moves the group broke up. I now have to drive to meet up - so no drinking alcohol. (or take 2 taxis - expensive)

[ToraToraTora]

There's a spoons round here that does a pint for £1.49, a mate of mine goes there in the week.

[barry1010]

Are you sure about the £1.49 a pint?  The cheapest Wetherspoons pint was £2.58 in Middlesborough last October with the most expensive being £6.47 in Westminster.  My local Spoons charges £2.70 for the cheapest pint

[ToraToraTora]

They do a special price on one of the ales. It has been 99p in the past.

[Countrylover]

TTT.  The cheapest pint in our local pub is £7.00.  We don't live in Monoco.  Mind you we don't go there any more.  It's in a fabulous location tucked away by the river and in recent years been taken over,  had a huge makeover and got itself labelled as one of the best inns in the UK.

There's  a Spoons in our nearest town where all the youths congregate.  

[barry1010]

We are spoilt for pubs.  Three minutes away we have a traditional boozer that charges around £3.20 for a pint of lager, £9 for a bottle of wine and sells cheese cobs for £1.20

Directly opposite another large back street boozer has been successfully transormed in to a desi pub - the food is excellent.

Within easy walking distance we have a pub that serves very good home cooked food with a difference.  Small menu, often includes specials such as paella or pigeon casserole.  Opposite that is a large pub that has live music, open mic comedy nights and occasional ladies nights, whatever they are.

There is a much more modern chain pub that sells food all day (sizzling pub, I think) and attracts families.

In the other direction is yet another traditional pub that still has someone playing the piano on a Saturday night for a jolly old sing-a-long.

We used to go the pub often but rarely these days.  It used to hard getting good baby sitters, even harder to get good oldster sitters.

[jackthehat]

We are spoilt for pubs round here.

7 within 3/4 minutes; another 4 within 5/6 minutes.

But I only use them if I need to stock up on fabric conditioner, soap, Creme Eggs and a large bar of Dairy Milk.

Mrs JtH and I tend to go round to our local early evening on a Thursday. Fridays and Saturdays are Karaoke nights and, quite frankly, if I wanted to listen to appalling singing, I'd stay at home! 😄