It was just a throwaway comment! The Clock House has long been noted for its shite food - it just seemed worth mentioning. Since we're on the subject (if you're listening, Clock Housers), there was a little less beef than I would have liked and it was expensive. But rather that than, say, ?9.50 somewhere else for a crap plate of food with a generous pile of rubbery beef. On the subject of 'boozers', they have their place and (of course) I like/have liked them as much as everyone else does/did - but they just can't operate successfully everywhere these days. That's all there is to it.