Today’s blog post is about food. Since the smoking ban came into effect in the UK in 2007 a lot of pubs have had to adapt. Some worked, some closed. For some people it was a shame, for others it was brilliant news. Either way, a lot has changed in pubs over the last few years. It’s rare these days to find ‘wet led’ (drinks only) pubs apart from in places like Central London – who are catering purely for the workers, these pubs are often shut weekends when their regular patrons are back at home out of the city.
So, our question is – how often do you eat in a pub? Have you replaced going to restaurants to eat in pubs instead? We all know that the quality of food can differ vastly from one pub to a next. Some are obvious microwave style setups, whereas others have full on kitchens rivalling some of the best restaurants. Do you only eat in a pub if it’s a pub lunch or sunday dinner? Or would you go for a evening meal to a pub and make a night of it?
A couple of times a month, I’ve long since learnt not to eat in pubs after being disappointed so mant times with lukewarm microwaved pap straight out of a brake Bros lorry. We occasionally take the kids out to a hungrey horse or the like, yes the foods not top quality but its hot, reasonably priced and they cater for kids very well. I wouldnt eat in a pub on my own unless I knew it very well, pubs are, after all, mainly for drinking in.
“it’s rare to find wet led pubs”, no it’s not just go to the right towns, like here in Portsmouth and Southsea, many pubs don’t do food at all, any many others only do it for a limited time, and as an “extra” not a core offering, maybe you should get out of London more often