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whats the point of closing a pub on a monday night or any other night for that matter. reminds me of when i first crossed the water i was living in a place called locksbottom in kent and decided to pop out for a swift half only to be told by the landlady at 1455hrs to make it a swift one as they closed in 5 mins,took me a while to get over that one, i thought the days of pubs closing during the day were long gone,obviously not.
Having read good reports on Hoopers on this forum I was looking forward to visiting them - unfortunately the first time I went on a Thursday afternoon they were closed (don't open till 5.30 or so) and last Saturday when I went at about twenty to six in the evening there was only one person in the place, and he was standing behind the bar, so I gave it a miss. I hope I'm wrong but my current impression is that there isn't much future for Hoopers.
Mr/ Mrs Hoopers - if you are reading this - I like what you've done and hope there is a future for you. Why don't you paint the outside, though, after Brad did such a good, sensitive job on the interior? And you could give the day-glo sheets of paper tacked in the window a miss too. It looks a bit... temporary... if you know what I mean.

They do ales. Usually a Harvey's plus a couple of guests. Have always been good quality in my experience.

Nice selection of unusual bottled belgians, porters etc too.


As I've said a couple of times, I for one am glad of a proper pub nearby (in greater East Dulwich*) but it's off the beaten track and needs a good pool of regulars to make it work.


Jamie's and his lady are new to this game from what he's said and it'll be a very steep learning curve. I wish him all the best.


*Alan, if you missed it you'll enjoy this.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,21588,21588#msg-21588

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