Don't really have a routine, just whatever I feel like on the day. Surprised the pubs on Vauxy aren't busier than they are, but I'm not complaining when I've gone in to town and walked that way.
Went to a couple of them the other week they were actually not bad at all . Very reasonably priced and decent staff .
I think what’s quite obvious is the desperate need for more places and quickly. I recently went into the terrace bar and had one beer and left because the amount of people pushing past was rubbish.
It needs a few smaller style boozers like the Melrose and the Leigh arms. Old style pubs. Just to disperse the crowds really. I would have hated to of taken my dad who’s almost 70 to that terrace bar. Older people need a place to sit and get off their feet. I wish I had the dough and I would have bloody made a pub there myself. Who wants to chip in?
Id love to but I think you’d be amazed at how much properties are going for , I know people who’ve tried to buy around there and the costs are huge . I suspect things may sort themselves out over the next few years but it’ll be a long hall .
To address your post as well don’t think small Properties present themselves as viable , if there not currently pubs then the work to make them compliant removes too much space . Running a boozer on 2 games a month isn’t particularly viable and if you have space you maximise it hence the issue with tables .
I also think a lot , not all , are owned by people looking to make a profit and not those with decades in the trade leading to a bit of a short fall in what punters want .
Again I do think people looking to charge insane amounts of money for a lease may be rethinking it and that might see new arrivals but it’ll be a while til things are sorted out .