Ah, the suffering I endure just to keep the guide up to date!
Another blood donor session yesterday, so I seized the opportunity to check out a couple of pubs in the city centre. But not for me one of the many splendid real ale establishments on offer. No, I walked past a number of them as I did a little shopping, and then headed to Great Charlotte Street, where I started in Tess Riley's. On a Monday afternoon I was pretty much the youngest person in the pub, a situation which is getting very rare nowadays. The inside is mostly brewery standard decor, but with a few bits of wood carving and panelling. There are also a couple of good watercolours of other pubs. A number of people were eating, the menu looks to be decent value. In the absence of any real ale and in view of the hot weather, I had a pint of Foster's.
I walked next door, into JR's Bar. Rather more modern decor greeted me, and once again I had to resort to plastic fizz, Carling this time, I think. The place has changed somewhat since I was here previously, when it had an American theme to the decoration. I noticed an impressive display of model ships above the bar. The menu of standard pub meals looked to be very reasonably priced for a city centre location such as this.
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