Oysters And Stew

There seems to be an increasing number of bars offering oysters and stew these days. I didn't realise this was a combination but apparently it is. It's amazing what you learn on 24-hour pub crawls.

Wolfie, Patter and I met in Leeds City Centre last night with the intention of sampling some new places. Tasty nomnoms in Bar Burrito was followed by a trip to a cocktail bar. It was on the first floor of a hotel so we had a bird's eye view of the number 4 bendy bus as it trundled past. The cocktails were a little steep but generous in terms of the alcohol you got in them, so not too bad overall. It was also a classy and sophisticated place with sticky tables.

An excursion to Calls Landing, by the river and serving stew and oysters, was next on the agenda after it took us over an hour to work out where the hell to go next. There has been a pleasing increase in the number of continental style ale bars popping up recently and this was one of them. Ambient lighting, delicious cake, parsnip crisps and convivial chatter. We stayed until closing.

A trip to the North Bar, one of our favourite continental beer places, sufficed afterwards being the only non-nightclub place to be open beyond 1am. On our way to the North Bar, we saw a drunk man throw his pet brick away, which was rather sad. We also saw Mezz, a nightclub very much like pLace from Family Guy. After this we headed home to get set for Sunday.

Sunday Lunch is always a good way to start a Sunday so we headed down to The Marsh in Pudsey, our local pub with a fire, a pub dog and some excellent staff. The food there is always delicious and although we had to wait nearly an hour for it, it was worth it.

The rest of the day saw us trevail around Leeds on various buses checking out pubs in the suburbs. Citrus in Headingley was too loud so we headed to The Fox And Hounds in Horsforth, largely because we got off at the wrong bus stop. This turned out to be a little gem - we had port and the most excellent cheeseboard I have ever had. The staff were a real hoot and we may be going back there on Wednesday for a Timothy Taylor real ale tasting night.

We decided to walk into Horsforth after this and sample the ales at The Town Hall Tavern, a dog friendly pub with a lot of dogs in it. They must have been serving Pedigree Bum beer or something because there were loads of the little critters. A lot of puppies though, who were only on the water. We saw one trying to dance around his own lead. We loved the 'Dogs are Welcome' sticker at dog head height in the doorway too.

The final place was The Methusla Bar, a semi-chav establishment which was rather pleasant on a Sunday night. This bar is split into three sections and we occupied the middle one, where a fire should have been but wasn't. We were all getting tired by this stage so the drinking had slowed down. After this we went home. A lot of puppy songs had been sung (I really should share my puppy songs with you sometime).

The End.

Oysters And Stew

There seems to be an increasing number of bars offering oysters and stew these days. I didn't realise this was a combination but apparently it is. It's amazing what you learn on 24-hour pub crawls.

Wolfie, Patter and I met in Leeds City Centre last night with the intention of sampling some new places. Tasty nomnoms in Bar Burrito was followed by a trip to a cocktail bar. It was on the first floor of a hotel so we had a bird's eye view of the number 4 bendy bus as it trundled past. The cocktails were a little steep but generous in terms of the alcohol you got in them, so not too bad overall. It was also a classy and sophisticated place with sticky tables.

An excursion to Calls Landing, by the river and serving stew and oysters, was next on the agenda after it took us over an hour to work out where the hell to go next. There has been a pleasing increase in the number of continental style ale bars popping up recently and this was one of them. Ambient lighting, delicious cake, parsnip crisps and convivial chatter. We stayed until closing.

A trip to the North Bar, one of our favourite continental beer places, sufficed afterwards being the only non-nightclub place to be open beyond 1am. On our way to the North Bar, we saw a drunk man throw his pet brick away, which was rather sad. We also saw Mezz, a nightclub very much like pLace from Family Guy. After this we headed home to get set for Sunday.

Sunday Lunch is always a good way to start a Sunday so we headed down to The Marsh in Pudsey, our local pub with a fire, a pub dog and some excellent staff. The food there is always delicious and although we had to wait nearly an hour for it, it was worth it.

The rest of the day saw us trevail around Leeds on various buses checking out pubs in the suburbs. Citrus in Headingley was too loud so we headed to The Fox And Hounds in Horsforth, largely because we got off at the wrong bus stop. This turned out to be a little gem - we had port and the most excellent cheeseboard I have ever had. The staff were a real hoot and we may be going back there on Wednesday for a Timothy Taylor real ale tasting night.

We decided to walk into Horsforth after this and sample the ales at The Town Hall Tavern, a dog friendly pub with a lot of dogs in it. They must have been serving Pedigree Bum beer or something because there were loads of the little critters. A lot of puppies though, who were only on the water. We saw one trying to dance around his own lead. We loved the 'Dogs are Welcome' sticker at dog head height in the doorway too.

The final place was The Methusla Bar, a semi-chav establishment which was rather pleasant on a Sunday night. This bar is split into three sections and we occupied the middle one, where a fire should have been but wasn't. We were all getting tired by this stage so the drinking had slowed down. After this we went home. A lot of puppy songs had been sung (I really should share my puppy songs with you sometime).

The End.