Any good pubs in Bath?

I used to know a lovely cider pub there, can't remember it's name unfortunately or coming home for that matter, I expect you'll find it though if yer really want to !

Fritz Von Welldonebrightonlastsaturday !

Dunno about the real ale bit, but if you like Thai, I can heartily recommend the Thai Balcony. They do an excellent set lunch so we often go there when we pop in for essentials in town. The Eastern Eye is also excellent if you fancy a curry.

This site might be of some use:
itchybath.co.uk

Have, erm, fun!

Steve

Have browse here
http://www.venue.co.uk/dow/bath_pubs.html
I like the Star Inn - very good beer.
Martin

And The Bell on Walcot Street does a good range of beers, though it may be a bit 'grungy' for your tastes.

Agree with Martin D about the Star -- to think only eight years ago they wanted to gut this place and 'modernise' it.

Great thing about the Star (the street it's on is called The Paragon) is it's one of the few places left that Still taps Bass from the barrel, so you can get a four-pint pitcher all to yourself and not have to go rushing up and down evry time you want refill. Very civilized.

You may also want to try The Pig and Fiddle, towards the town end of Walcot St. -- the Bellringer bitter is lush. Also The Old Green Tree in Green St (great food shops, as well -- the highly-rated Seafood café f'rinstance). Not sure about lunch though.

Cheers,

Tim
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Beware of Walcot Street. It's but a short hop over to Audience - the local Naim dealer.

You have been warned.

Cheers

Harry

Has to be The Salamander, John Street. A small pub, but the home of Bath Ales, and very good food.

If it's all a bit much I'm up on Bennett St.

Thanks guys, some of your recommendations are also in the GBG (my latest copy is 2003 so it is likely to be a bit out of date).

Seems like some decent pubs and the local record shops are in the same area! Shame.

You don't have the latest GBG.....he local people will start to heat the tar.... you have been warned!!

Didn't get one last year. This year's (2005) is probably buried in the Xmas pressie pile under the Barbie dolls...

“We noticed a huge black bear sleeping on the lawn, and wondered what was
going on,” campsite worker Lisa Broxson told reporters at the Baker Lake
Resort near Seattle. “But when we got closer we could see what had
happened. He was surrounded by dozens of empty beer cans, which he’d
stolen from the campers’ cool boxes and had managed to open with his claws
and teeth. And now he was sleeping off the effects in the sun.”
Wildlife ranger Sgt Bill Heinck took up the story. “The bear had drunk
about thirty-six cans of beer, and he was clearly a beer sophisticate. At
first, he’d tried a can of mass-market Busch beer. But he obviously didn’t
like it, because he ignored the other cans, and switched to Rainier beer,
which is a local ale and much superior. When he woke up, he stumbled off
unsteadily into the woods, but he returned the next day, looking for more
drink. A hard-drinking bear hanging around the campsite could be
dangerous, so we set a trap for him, with doughnuts, honey, and enough
Rainier beer for him to anaesthetise himself again. Sure enough, we found
him drunk and asleep a few hours later, and he’s now been sent for
relocation, far away from human habitation. And from beer.” (Yakima
Herald-Republic, 19/8/04. Spotter: Ben Bardsley)


From Guess Where ?

Check out "Strips" on Private Eye Website, Brilliant. or via http://graham.ricketts.bei.t-online.de naturally !!! innit: Can 50,00o Fall fans be wrong ?

John Peel, Emma's Dad.

You could of course have a couple of Sherberts in OLd Market Street.

The Crystal Palace near the Abbey was once the purveyor of the finest draught Bass in England. (going under the name of Worthington E) Bert Oliver (gentleman and landlord) moved there from a sawdust covered floor and trestle mounted barrels in a cellar in Broad Street. The latter became a "suits" hotel cellar bar with girls, regular fights and a parrot!

Later Bert moved on to The Star in the Paragon. On the wrong side of the road with an apalling lack of parking. But his beers were always like wine! Ah the brimming china jugs that crossed the busy A4 (London Road) over the years. Happy days. Probably long gone now.

The scrumpy pub was the Beehive. On the left of Lansdown Road (opposite the top of the incredibly steep Guinea Lane that has The Star pub at the bottom.

Nime