Lunch at the Vale

[Fuschia]

4hw Wrote:

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> Steele is another vale personality.

>

> You would really think they would learn not to try

> this after it backfires every time!

oh, my word!!!

[cate]

I have twice ordered a lime juice and soda with a meal at The Herne and the drink was only 40p. I was very impressed as have been charged up to about ?1.70 in other places.

[curlykaren]

taper, perhaps the bar person got their sums wrong on this round, or you are mistaken (misinterpreted)?

This breaks down as a large shandy costing ?1.25, a rum and coke, ?1.25 with a pint at ?2.65 (or any combination thereof),

this pub is in Grove Vale, not 1980?

Brian and Glyn...weren't they in the series Teachers?

[indiepanda]

CURLYKAREN Wrote:

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> Brian and Glyn...weren't they in the series

> Teachers?

No, that was Brian and Kurt.

[curlykaren]

ahhh, ok, thanks....suspicious mind getting the better of me

[SE22JAM]

I had a great evening out on the lane, hope everyone else had a good Wednesday evening too. I had a great time checking out mid week offerings of the pubs in ED. It was a surprisingly miserable evening and the football was on, we started by taking shelter from the rain in The Vale which was totally lacking in atmosphere, such an uncomfortable place to be especially when it?ss damp and cold outside and a tantalizingly short trot to the bright lights of the lane. The beer is relatively cheap in there but a bit too flat for me and at nearly ?3.00 for a pint and some rather dubious clientele to boot it seemed to offer very little in the way of value for money. We then headed down to the EDT and although the beer is better, the staff were extremely busy dealing with the overload of rowdy Man U supporters and we soon gave up the wait and moved on. So infuriating. Next stop was The Bishop. The football was being screened at the back end of the bar with the sound turned down so as not to detract from the general atmosphere which was great. I must say I don?t really head down that way much but I had an excellent time. I saw the match whilst enjoying a decent conversation with my friends and then we headed out into the back yard for a fag and a chat with Clarence. I read somewhere that there was a new chef there (or am I confusing it with The Vale?). Anyway, it was excellent, I had the steak burger and my veggie Aussie friend had the aubergine burger, both of which were top notch and very reasonably priced. It really was fantastic. The staff were so friendly, it was busy but not once did I feel crushed or devalued. I will certainly head down there more often. Roll on the next mid week evening out!

[woofmarkthedog]

Yeah if you had said.....

"Had lunch at the Wimpy & it was crap" then we would have believed you, as for the ol' cheaper down the road ruse ,well a curry is cheap in Bombay but who flies there on a Friday night after the pub shuts........

Get your script read over first will ya'

[Vince]

Apparently the Black Cherry are serving a new cocktail. Basically it's flat lager poured over smashed ice and it's ?3.80 a pop. They're calling it the "Crushed and De-Vale-ued".

Do you see what I've done there?

[GSJ57]

Good stuff, SE22Jam and Vince!

[grabot]

I bought two halves of bitter shandy at the Vale. It cost me ?5. I queried it, but the bar maid assured me that the price was correct. At those prices I can't really afford to go there and haven't been back.

[matthew123]

grabot Wrote:

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> I bought two halves of bitter shandy at the Vale.

> It cost me ?5. I queried it, but the bar maid

> assured me that the price was correct. At those

> prices I can't really afford to go there and

> haven't been back.

Should have bought, 'a large lager shandy, a rum and coke, and a pint of brilliantly kept bitter'