The Atlas Pub

A weird musty smell hits me ad I enter this rather eccentric traditional pub. The place is kitted out with a scattering of heavy tables and only about a third are occupied. Over the fireplace a DVD plays over and over of fish in a virtual fish-tank. Books sit underneath it on a [...]

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The Crewe Hero

A lowly bar on a single platform at Crewe station, sees travellers of all walks of life dropping in for a quick half an hour to drank a hot or cold drink as they make their way up to Northern front’s for the weekend. Inside, a very loud radio blairs out sounds and songs [...]

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Mario’s Bar and Kebab Shop

Mario’s is a total marvel to behold, a kebab shop which is also a bar is a fantastic idea and waiting in line for my burger and chips under the bright 1000 watt lights of the kebab house front we suddenly realise that we can take our polystyrene lunchboxes into the veneu [...]

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The Park Pub

A really weird local pub with an old school late 90s juke box. We enter with a few glances from the locals,the vampire eyebrows on the stipey barlady raise as we request drinks. We sit at the rounded bar on stools and i make note of the many taps and rather impressive selection of [...]

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The Odd Bar (formerly Odyssey)

Previously called Odyssey Bar, this underground student bar greets us with an empty room jazzed up with ripped sofas, neon lighting over the bar and TVs on the walls playing music videos. To contrast against what is a bit of a dingy dive some over friendly bar persons make us feel [...]

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The Nellie Dean Pub

From outside and on the ground floor of the Nellie Dean, the pub feels very small indeed, rather like an old lounge where the smell of old gravy lingures in the corners and groups of middle aged men pack themselves on tiny tables where the most obvious advantage being the price of [...]

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Woodies Ale House

Woodies has enough of a claim to fame to be perfectly well standing on its own with the merit of being the start of the otley run. Probably the most famous pub crawl north of the equator. And Woodies is a very busy place to be at midday on a Saturday. Entering from [...]

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Off the Wall Bar

Off the Wall bar in Chester is a popular venue, somewhat more down to earth than the other pubs in the area. Reminding me somewhat of a pub with a disco feel to it, Off the Wall comes complete with sleazy guys, pop music. Carpets, where wooden dance floor should be and [...]

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Orange Social and Networking Bar

The large feature bar at 2008’s London edition of the popular Internet conference was sponsored by Orange Mobile. Rather than a central piece, this temporary bar had been erected at the back of the Olympia main hall. The bar consisted of a number of high chairs and small tables, a fats bar [...]

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The Holloway Pub

The Holloway is infamous with Tottenham fans everywhere. This quite large pub was built for football fans mainly, it sits very close to the arsenal stadium and yet it secretly houses the yid-army. On match days the venue is packed with loud fans cheering and jeering at the numerous football screens around the [...]

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