Friday, April 1, 2011

No. 25 The Olde Cottage Inn

Visited on 31/3/11. To be honest, after the Beehive and the Flookersbrook, we needed a decent pint, so we legged it over Hoole bridge and by-passed a couple of minty looking pubs (more later obviously), because we knew we could get one here. We weren't disappointed. Standing proudly amongst Brook Street's second hand shops and cheapo take-aways is this traditional Victorian pub serving top notch ale - on this occasion Timothy Taylor's Golden Best - a pale mild. Lovely. The fire was roaring and the place was packed. This is obviously a well run boozer. Salvation. And home.
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Got to agree. Cracking boozer with a top landlord and landlady. Any pub with two dartboards is a winner.

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  2. TarquelMay 19, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    Two dartboards yer say ? We never clocked that. That's like a band with two drummers. Ace.

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  3. chunkamunkaJuly 13, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    and now a bagatelle table,things just get better.

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  4. TarquelJuly 13, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    Excellent ! It's not the one from the Cross Foxes is it ? Heard that one had been removed.

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  5. chunkamunkaJuly 15, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    it left chester twenty years ago and went to west brom, its now returned to the same street!

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  6. TarquelJuly 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    Fantastic - Chester Chronicle should do a story on that.

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  7. chunkamunkaAugust 2, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    and now the local branch of camra has announced we are summer pub of the season 2011.

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  8. TarquelAugust 2, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Good stuff - and well deserved.

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  9. chunkamunkaOctober 9, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    see you at the Albion on Thursday?

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  10. TarquelOctober 9, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    What's happening at the Albion on Thursday ??

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  11. chunkamunkaOctober 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    the best till last

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  12. TarquelOctober 10, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Ha ha, maybe - not this Thursday though - we've still got a few more to do. Mr. Mercer might not let us in anyhow - he doesn't allow pub crawls !

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  13. chunkamunkaOctober 21, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Cottage Best Pub, sounds good to me.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2012 at 6:48 PM

    Top boozer, love the atmosphere, the ale, the jukebox but most of all the people. Chunkamunka couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag though...

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