We have a winner!

[inulro]

The ongoing saga of trying to find a pub to hold our book club in has come to an end!

The Colston Yard. Opposite the Bristol Royal Infirmary, so DG and I get 10% discounts on production of our NHS employee badges.

This place is entirely made of win.

It is not, however, made of cheap win. The food and drink are so good we kept going back for more & spent a lot longer there than normal. I can't remember the last time I had three drinks in a pub, as that's not really in the budget. However, they have a prodigious collection of rums. The only reason my head didn't implode with indecision is about half of them are too expensive for me to try. The two that I had were very, very good though.

Comments

We have a winner!

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

they had some nice single malts too. I didn't check out the gin but I suspect I may catch the bus next time :)

[girfan.livejournal.com]

The strawberry beer is amazing!

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Smiles' Brewery Tap, as was?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Yes. (He said, after reading up on the entire affair.)

[inulro.livejournal.com]

It bears no resemblance to the old place - I haven't been there since I worked at the hospital, and it's been completely gutted & changed beyond all recognition.

[aoakley.livejournal.com]

We spent ages trying to find a pub to hold our Linux user groups in. Eventually we realised that what we wanted wasn't a pub, but a medium-sized room with a big screen and wi-fi. So we asked around at work, eventually MessageLabs donated us their seminar room one evening a month.

Which begs the question... why would a book club want to meet in a pub?

Why not, say, a library or bookshop? One of those Waterstones with a cafe out-of-hours, say? Or a school room? Or university classroom?

I can understand a wine tasting club or a real ale club meeting in a pub, but I don't see the connection between availability of alcohol and reading. In fact I can think of lots of disconnects.

Maybe just me.

[janinemarriott.livejournal.com]

its a social thing. We also have food.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

It's all about a nice comfortable, relaxing place to hang out. A number of us don't drink alcohol at the meetings (this was the first time I have in about a year). As Janine says, food is important - in fact substandard food is the reason we fired all but one of the previous pubs.

Sometimes we even discuss the book.

[janinemarriott.livejournal.com]

so relived. its been a struggle.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

but such a win!