Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DulwichFox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I tend to think that a Gastro Pub is a Pub that > > sells food but does not have a specific dining > > area. > > Like The Bishop, The Great Exhibition , The > EDT, > > The Plough. > > Pretty much the opposite of my understanding... a > gastro-pub primarily exists for its food, has a > dining area, often accepts table reseations, but > the ambience/decor is still pub-style and you can > go in just for a drink if you want. By your > definition, Wetherspoons would be a gastro pub. The owner of Wetherspoons recently claimed 50% of their turnover now comes from non alcohol sales,so are they still a pub. Are we entering a world where The Fox on the Hill is a restaurant and the Ledbury a pub