[OTish] pubs

dvdfoz
dvdfoz Posts: 62
edited May 2010 in Commuting chat
the ish only because I was commuting home today and fancied a pint :roll:

on the way home this evening dropped into <london specific>The Mitre by Holborn</london specific><non london>a pub</lnon london> to see a sign saying "no bicycles under ANY circumstances"!

Has anyone ever encountered a pub where you could happily wheel you bike to the bar and get a pint?

I know a couple of bars ( sad local :wink:) where I might get away with it, but seriously a pub sign to deter the masses!
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    i'd arranged to meet a friend at a pub on Leman St last week and didn't have a lock with me. Asked the barmaid if I could bring the bike in and she said fine. Was a Monday night tho, which might've helped.

    Can perfectly understand somewhere putting a sign out if they're completely sick of people asking to take bikes in.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    The Priory in Lancaster, used to have a landlord who was into cycling. I distinctly recall him letting me bring my bike into the pub, while I sat at the bar watching Miguel Indurain in the Tour. Was a while ago, mind, as you can no doubt infer from the rider mentioned.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    To be fair the Mitre is one of the smallest pubs in existence :wink:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    _Brun_ wrote:
    i'd arranged to meet a friend at a pub on Leman St last week and didn't have a lock with me. Asked the barmaid if I could bring the bike in and she said fine. Was a Monday night tho, which might've helped.

    Can perfectly understand somewhere putting a sign out if they're completely sick of people asking to take bikes in.

    Brown Bear? That's a very friendly place.

    Round the corner from there in the Princess of Prussia a friend wasn't allowed to taking in his folded up bike.. I got him a bin bag and we got in fine, pis$ed the barman off somewhat
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    JonGinge wrote:
    To be fair the Mitre is one of the smallest pubs in existence :wink:

    That and it's got one of the grumpiest landlords in existence too.
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Clever Pun wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    i'd arranged to meet a friend at a pub on Leman St last week and didn't have a lock with me. Asked the barmaid if I could bring the bike in and she said fine. Was a Monday night tho, which might've helped.

    Can perfectly understand somewhere putting a sign out if they're completely sick of people asking to take bikes in.

    Brown Bear? That's a very friendly place.

    Round the corner from there in the Princess of Prussia a friend wasn't allowed to taking in his folded up bike.. I got him a bin bag and we got in fine, pis$ed the barman off somewhat
    Nah, I'd have remembered that name. It was opposite a strip club, if that helps.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    i'd arranged to meet a friend at a pub on Leman St last week and didn't have a lock with me. Asked the barmaid if I could bring the bike in and she said fine. Was a Monday night tho, which might've helped.

    Can perfectly understand somewhere putting a sign out if they're completely sick of people asking to take bikes in.

    Brown Bear? That's a very friendly place.

    Round the corner from there in the Princess of Prussia a friend wasn't allowed to taking in his folded up bike.. I got him a bin bag and we got in fine, pis$ed the barman off somewhat
    Nah, I'd have remembered that name. It was opposite a strip club, if that helps.

    Whites was the strip bar?.. so people have told me so it'd have been the Zeppelin(trying hard to get customers) or the Dispencary(posh I doubt bikes allowed in there)

    Or the strip bar was Club Ooops in which case it was the Swan.

    My money is on the Zeppelin
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    i'd arranged to meet a friend at a pub on Leman St last week and didn't have a lock with me. Asked the barmaid if I could bring the bike in and she said fine. Was a Monday night tho, which might've helped.

    Can perfectly understand somewhere putting a sign out if they're completely sick of people asking to take bikes in.

    Brown Bear? That's a very friendly place.

    Round the corner from there in the Princess of Prussia a friend wasn't allowed to taking in his folded up bike.. I got him a bin bag and we got in fine, pis$ed the barman off somewhat
    Nah, I'd have remembered that name. It was opposite a strip club, if that helps.

    Given you'd probably have remembered if it had been the Dispensary, I'm guessing it must have been Mr Pickwicks?
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Dispensary, that's the bunny.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    LMNH does beer i believe.
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Dispensary, that's the bunny.

    Good boozer, that. Nice to know they welcome bikes too.
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