Archive for the ‘Staffordshire Pubs’ Category

Yew Tree Inn, Cauldon, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 3EJ

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Yew Tree Inn, Cauldon, Water Houses, Stoke on Trent Staffordshire, ST10 3EJ 

I have loved this place for ages, but a recent visit confirmed some of the criticisms made of the place in general over the past year. The landlord, Alan East, has always been a good, but highly individual landlord who does seem lately to have become less tolerant of new faces, especially those with children and generally seems a lot less happy soul. The toilets were always basic, but now seem to have become a real problem and I am not sure Alan either cares or wants to notice.  The condition of the beer has also I hear been erratic of late too.

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A good pub guide for Staffordshire.

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Earlier this year here on this blog, I started writing about my favourite pubs in both the UK and Ireland. This got me thinking about local pub guides because to me there just don’t seem to be any county guides that list pubs simply for been good pubs.

For me, as I guess for anyone, there has to be a number of things really special about a pub that makes me want to go there and keep returning; these include and in no particular order; the beer offering, the food, atmosphere, or “craic” in Ireland and the location etc. But a good pub means different things to different people; so why restrict a guide to one or two elements.    

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