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Post by skydweller on Feb 9, 2017 7:13:08 GMT
Cellars is a decent pub, much bigger than a normal micopub. It's hardly far outside of town, no further a walk than the revered Rifle Volunteer or Flower Pot. Micropubs rarely have music, just decent beer and conversation. If that doesn't appeal, get yourself down to Muggs on a Friday night.
And as for having to walk down a 'dank alley'? Ooh, you poor lamb. I used to regularly drink in a pub that was on a disused industrial estate about 20 minutes outside the city in question. It won CAMRA's national pub of the year award twice.
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Post by porkystone on Feb 9, 2017 9:12:31 GMT
It's a strange location for a micropub; just a little too far out to walk to. Maidstone does lack the number of empty shops some towns have, but there must have been somewhere more central. It feels a bit odd every time you order a pint, they have to walk into a different room to get it. One generic issue with 'micro pubs' is by definition you have to sit close by the other clientele - not always a great experience unless you enjoy second hand flatulence or some bore talking about the gallon they put away the night before. A real pub in Maidstone is the excellent Flower Pot. |
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Post by skydweller on Feb 9, 2017 12:16:40 GMT
The Flower Pot has to be one of the most cramped pubs in Maidstone.
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Post by pieman1982 on Feb 9, 2017 12:24:06 GMT
The Swan has reopened and is now run by a Maidstone fan.
It's had a lick of paint and is obviously close to the ground and the train station.
Good beer etc.....
Went there before the Torquey game so must be good luck 👌🏻
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 12:32:08 GMT
The Flower Pot has to be one of the most cramped pubs in Maidstone. Only when it's full of Stones fans or has a beer festival on. Reasonably comfortable most other times I've been in there. |
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Post by skydweller on Feb 9, 2017 12:33:57 GMT
The Swan has reopened and is now run by a Maidstone fan. It's had a lick of paint and is obviously close to the ground and the train station. Good beer etc..... Went there before the Torquey game so must be good luck 👌🏻 Is it a Sheps pub still or a free house? |
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Post by porkystone on Feb 9, 2017 12:36:39 GMT
The Flower Pot has to be one of the most cramped pubs in Maidstone. But not as cramped as something like The Paper Mill in Sittingbourne - man, that is micro  |
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Post by porkystone on Feb 9, 2017 12:37:38 GMT
The Swan has reopened and is now run by a Maidstone fan. It's had a lick of paint and is obviously close to the ground and the train station. Good beer etc..... Went there before the Torquey game so must be good luck 👌🏻 Is it a Sheps pub still or a free house? Sheps ( managed house ). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 13:53:27 GMT
Can I put in a word for the Pilot?
Years since I drank in there, but it used to be my favourite pub - real fire, loads of different Harvey's beers (draught and bottled), cheap pool table, enormous home-made pizzas, live music nights... All in a shitty looking place half way up a street of closed shops, with traffic roaring past - I didn't even know it was open for years!
Last time I looked in, I noticed the pool table had gone, so I hope that's not a bad sign...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 13:56:21 GMT
Is it a Sheps pub still or a free house? Sheps ( managed house ). Never drank in there (not allowed to go to pubs these days...) but it looks a lot better under the new management - more welcoming and less on its last legs. I worked as a Tesco home shopping driver for a few years and once had to deliver a bottle of whiskey there. Never quite understood that. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 17:33:02 GMT
Can I put in a word for the Pilot? Years since I drank in there, but it used to be my favourite pub - real fire, loads of different Harvey's beers (draught and bottled), cheap pool table, enormous home-made pizzas, live music nights... All in a shitty looking place half way up a street of closed shops, with traffic roaring past - I didn't even know it was open for years! Last time I looked in, I noticed the pool table had gone, so I hope that's not a bad sign... I'm afraid The Pilot closed a couple of Sundays ago. Harvey's is unlikely to reopen it. |
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Post by porkystone on Feb 9, 2017 18:52:16 GMT
Can I put in a word for the Pilot? Years since I drank in there, but it used to be my favourite pub - real fire, loads of different Harvey's beers (draught and bottled), cheap pool table, enormous home-made pizzas, live music nights... All in a shitty looking place half way up a street of closed shops, with traffic roaring past - I didn't even know it was open for years! Last time I looked in, I noticed the pool table had gone, so I hope that's not a bad sign... I'm afraid The Pilot closed a couple of Sundays ago. Harvey's is unlikely to reopen it. That's really sad, but like so many things, if you don't use them you can hardly complain when they're gone....... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 19:06:41 GMT
On the flip side, every time I tried to use it, it was shut anyway.
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Post by Frenchstone on Feb 9, 2017 21:06:54 GMT
No Ant , they saw you coming up and quickly locked the doors up to make you believe that they were shut and you ended up in Lashings !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 22:08:32 GMT
Can I put in a word for the Pilot? Years since I drank in there, but it used to be my favourite pub - real fire, loads of different Harvey's beers (draught and bottled), cheap pool table, enormous home-made pizzas, live music nights... All in a shitty looking place half way up a street of closed shops, with traffic roaring past - I didn't even know it was open for years! Last time I looked in, I noticed the pool table had gone, so I hope that's not a bad sign... I'm afraid The Pilot closed a couple of Sundays ago. Harvey's is unlikely to reopen it. That's awful news. The last decent pub near the town centre. Killed by the one-way system, I suppose. Once they put the that in, that end of Stone Street died. I'm surprised the Pilot lasted that long. |
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