theboytopper

Fair point Mark, I agree that people do seem to use this entire site (certainly not just this thread!) as a venting block rather than actually discussing opinions/options/news etc... If you can tell me these friendly venues though I'd be delighted to try them as I've never found the EDT or the Bishop to be overly hospitable. Actually, the most friendly place I've been around here since I moved here this time last year is the cafe next to the Palmerston!!!

I've just caught up on this thread after being out of the area for a while and quite frankly I'm baffled by a new bar being resented (it seems) mainly because it took over from a dirty hole of a bar made from chipboard!! I always wondered if my hangovers had more to do with the state of the place than the amount I drank! Corporate chain mentality???? Have any of you bothered to go in and enjoy the place for what it seems to offer: fun atmosphere, decent drinks and (shock horror!) friendly staff that do seem to actually know what they are doing - rather than run a Daily Telegraph critique over it? Wonder what would happen if a real chain opened down our little Lordship Lane - pichforks and burnings at the stake????