
Originally Posted by
DerekMiller
Double Barrel, Thurcroft Hotel, Ivanhoe. All legendary Thurcroft pubs yet all now gone. But if folk stop using them, the doors close. Especially when most of them are worth much more to the breweries/managements companies as property to sell for redevelopment as shops, flats or Indian restaurants.
As for Spoons, can't fault them, they clearly have a formula that works and bucks the "no one uses pubs anymore" trend.