tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post4215221726318386..comments2024-03-16T04:06:28.481+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Hiding your light under a bushelCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-9608058551977480932017-03-20T20:28:01.579+00:002017-03-20T20:28:01.579+00:00I'd be happy with just opening hours and food ...I'd be happy with just opening hours and food service times, though I agree a menu outside makes a lot of sense.<br />MTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-212373424105885092017-03-20T18:58:25.913+00:002017-03-20T18:58:25.913+00:00"for the business of casual punters"
Ex..."for the business of casual punters"<br /><br />Except every publican, indeed pretty much any other retailer, I have ever met would have said that he'd prefer ONE solid regular to ten casual punters. Problem with casual punters that if they don't become regulars, which I agree can happen, they'll casually take their diner's club card elsewhere. The Blocked Dwarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-85482619016928135952017-03-20T18:05:35.665+00:002017-03-20T18:05:35.665+00:00Your post rings a lot of bells with me: I too have...Your post rings a lot of bells with me: I too have sometimes found pubs can be quite bad at letting people know what they're up to. If they're happy with their existing custom, then I suppose it's okay, but if they want more people in, it requires a bit of time and effort. I <a href="http://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/tell-people-what-youre-up-to.html" rel="nofollow">wrote something similar</a> in February.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-21974465517018583162017-03-20T14:58:30.940+00:002017-03-20T14:58:30.940+00:00The statutory requirements vary - see https://www....The statutory requirements vary - see https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/30/trade-descriptions-and-pricing for the varying display obligations on 'food supplying' areas. Pubs are treated differently, but even the legal requirements there are often ignored in my rather limited experience. http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Legal/Licensing-law/Legal-checklist-Pub-notices-on-display<br /><br />Good businesses will make it clear from the outside, whether it is proclaiming so and so's famous stouts and ales, or traditional ales, food and board, cheap eats, what's on offer. But while it may be clear at my local it doesn't stop people coming in and asking where the dining room is.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052759853096779693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59447653549377052112017-03-20T12:22:32.899+00:002017-03-20T12:22:32.899+00:00The Bree Louise, Euston, is an example of a pub th...The Bree Louise, Euston, is an example of a pub that puts all its beers and food of the day up on boards outside the pub, as well as having screen lists and menus inside.<br />Wonder what the overall effect is? Sometimes encourages me inside; sometimes walk on by if nothing on particularly want, when might have popped in and then had something anyway if there hadn't been confirmation outside. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-24346101575440600622017-03-20T10:27:16.167+00:002017-03-20T10:27:16.167+00:00Aren't pubs meant to look grim and uninviting?...Aren't pubs meant to look grim and uninviting? That way the families with kids swerve the gaff and go to the chain restaurant. <br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28778434641875468172017-03-20T07:23:12.257+00:002017-03-20T07:23:12.257+00:00I think that's true of "locals", but...I think that's true of "locals", but not really of High Street venues that are having to compete with Spoons and Pizza Express for the business of casual punters.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-67286925050184972362017-03-20T00:23:05.237+00:002017-03-20T00:23:05.237+00:00" It’s another example of them seeming to ima..." It’s another example of them seeming to imagine that they are exempt from the normal principles that apply to every other type of retail business"<br /><br />While I don't disagree (especially about Opening Hours, in this flexi-time world) I do feel uneasy about Pubs 'conforming' to 'normal retail principles'. A public house should be just that ie a house or home, and how many people put up chalk boards outside their home proclaiming visitors will be served with Typhoo and Jaffa Cakes? In some ways a pub is the exact opposite of a 'normal' retail business or even a restaurant. <br /><br />The Blocked Dwarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-77426591010276410752017-03-19T19:16:31.046+00:002017-03-19T19:16:31.046+00:00Yes, Rochester is precisely the kind of place, wit...Yes, Rochester is precisely the kind of place, with a lot of casual visitors on foot, where this point is most relevant. I remember visiting there some years ago and finding the selection of pubs on the High Street distinctly uninviting.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-51374067461544341852017-03-19T19:08:55.689+00:002017-03-19T19:08:55.689+00:00I was in Kent with my daughter, aged around 20, an...I was in Kent with my daughter, aged around 20, and had time to kill so went to Rochester to see the cathedral and castle. We walked down the High Street at lunchtime: we were looking around more than looking for somewhere to eat but were aware of the time. I saw two or three reasonable looking pubs but they did not display even if they did food: the last pub we passed before the end of the High Street was a Wethersoons. They may not do great food, although the curry and side orders were perfectly acceptable, but we did expect them to do food and at a reasonable price. Why would we try one of the other pubs when we did not even know if they did food?KJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-77996014404457654052017-03-19T16:40:01.085+00:002017-03-19T16:40:01.085+00:00I've seen a variation whereby the keg badges (...I've seen a variation whereby the keg badges (but it could equally be pump clips) are displayed outside. Slightly off-topic but another pub decided to put a live feed of the beer garden on a monitor in the front porch but this backfired when people could see the pub was deserted without walking in. But I did think at the time it could be a shot of the beer engines instead. Pubs do advertise what's on tap via social media so I suppose that's a modern take on it. Visitors probably wouldn't be following the pub though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921858416849788564noreply@blogger.com