A workmate was looking at my pub guide and asked what I thought of the Cavern Pub, and I had to admit I'd never been in. So after visiting the blood donor centre today I headed down to Mathew Street to check the place out.
And I found a rather good cellar bar with walls covered in music memorabilia, with, much to my surprise, two hand pumps on the bar. Not the sort of place I would expect to find decent beer, but I enjoyed a spot on pint of Black Sheep. The barmaid had apparently never used a hand pump before, and she had to get instruction from her colleague. There's a stage for live music, but no-one was performing on a Thursday afternoon.
Just a little way along Mathew Street and I was in for another surprise - A brand new pub called Glass Onion, where the board outside advertised bitter, lager, Guinness and mild all at £1.50 a pint! Inside it is a plain corridor bar and as you can imagine at these prices, the customers are a little on the down-market side. There weren't actually any fights while I was there, but there were a couple of vociferous arguments! I sat unobtrusively in the corner, getting a little worried when the seven foot tall (OK, a slight exaggeration.) bloke who the barmaid had just annoyed by refusing to serve him sat down next to me. He soon left to try another pub.
It must be a good few years since Guinness was available at this price. Can they really be making a profit?
I was trying to remember what was here before, and a quick Google seems to show that it was formerly part of Hardy's, which now has a shorter frontage, I think.
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