Best Boozer in East Dulwich

[StraferJack]

A part of me does think that "if 8 men can't be drunks in a pub and use a loo that smells of piss, then where can they....."

on the other hand...

[*Bob*]

They spend the rest of their lives yearning for outdated establishments which failed because they ceased to have a viable demographic 15+ years ago.

And pissing on the floor.

[red devil]

The bookies' loo is always good for an old skool piss stench...

[david_carnell]

Just makes me imagine that scene in Trainspotting.

[david_carnell]

Although if you want "interesting" toilets, the pipe work in the Man of Kent has a Gieger-esque look to it.

Doubt that was intentional mind you.

[El Pibe]

Conjours up Half Life to me

[Seabag]

I'm down with the latest stinking Loo Trend

Oh yeah, ICE in the urinals is the hot/cold thing, y'know

[Jeremy]

TBH I can tolerate toilets smelling of... er.. toilets, as long as the smell doesn't permeate the rest of the pub.

[Millhaven]

Who takes a goat to a pub? This is one of the many things wrong with pub life in East Dulwich.

[*Bob*]

I remember when ALL the pubs in East Dulwich were full of goats and everyone was happy.

Now it's just people eating roast dinners FFS.

[miga]

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[red devil]

Yeah *Bob*, until all those blasted immigrants arrived with their fancy dan goat curries...

[Jah Lush]

Crikey, I go back to bed for a little snooze and all the once-a-week drinkers pop their head up over the parapet and discover their 'sense of humour.' I wasn't pointing the finger at you *Bob* in particular but it would seem to me a lot of people only go to the pub once a week to eat a Sunday roast with the wife and kids.

How many threads have we had in the past on this forum that ask "where's the best place to go for a Sunday roast?" Quite a few I suspect.

[Seabag]

Butt, it wasn't always that way

I'll get my goat

*stands up to leave pub*

[Jeremy]

Yeah but I don't see a lot wrong with that. Families in the daytime, young'uns and singletons in the evenings.

[*Bob*]

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.

[Jah Lush]

Sad but true *Bob*.

[Louisa]

What a load of b*llocks. A pub is for drinking, not eating. Anyone who goes to a pub and bases their entire opinion on the establishment around the food is in the wrong place. Sick of foodies dictating what a pub should or shouldn't be like. The most you should expect in the way of gastronomy in a public house should be a pack of scampi fries or some ready salted.

Louisa.

[*Bob*]

drone drone drone drone drone

[Jeremy]

Now you're talking bollocks! I'm rather younger than you Louisa, but can nevertheless remember than plenty of pubs did sunday roasts 30 years ago. How far in time do you have to go back to find your definition of a pub? The 1950s?

[Millhaven]

Yeah, with you Louisa, I was happy with some sweaty cheese or ham rolls and a scotch egg. How times change, eh?!

I wouldn't touch a pickled egg even if threatened at gun point though. I have a hardy constitution but it isn't that hardy. Like wise pork scratchings or "pig's toenails" as we used to call them.

[El Pibe]

"A pub is for drinking, not eating."

Have you bothered to ask the landlord what it's for given that food is about the only way (s)he can make ends meet.

By your definition this is all a pub is good for...

 

[Louisa]

Jeremy a Sunday roast may well have been sold in pubs which otherwise didn't do food, but most people who ate them didn't specifically go to the establishment for it. More often than not, they were pissed up pub goers with the munchies who would snack on any old crap. People who go out of their way to visit a pub for food need to get a life. The alcohol should take priority and food should always be a secondary thought if hungry whilst there.

Louisa.

[Alan Medic]

I always considered a toasted cheese sandwich to be a meal in a pub.

[david_carnell]

Lou - your pint now costs ?7 because there is no food to subsidise it.

Well done. Claim your prize.