Why no real Pie and Piston Pub?
Discussion
With 35,000+ memebers of PistonHeads, why not open a real Pub/Restuarant? Could become a place of homage for members. We could help run/manage/fund/own the business or businesses. 1 in the south between Beaconsfield and Marlow and 1 around Cheadle to begin with. Clearly state that cyclists, ramblers and lentilists are not allowed. Have a sectioned off part for the car park for the obligatory show-off Donut sessions. A nice simple menu of various pies....
I think it would be great, definately a money spinner.
I think it would be great, definately a money spinner.
ErnestM said:
...and a PC at every table so that we can talk to each other 
ErnestM
PS: Don't know about the UK, but it is very hard to make money in the pub/bar industry in th States.
Well, there are all those sports bars (restaurants)like Hooters, Applebee's, Chili's, etc. and Bennigan's, which pretends to be pub-like. A pistonheads version of one of those would be far more interesting. A lot of British or Irish style pubs don't make it, but I think that it needs better exposure, as people don't realize what they're missing out on. A real pub is far better than Chili's.
We've got a real pub in Winter Park:
The interior was brought over from a closed pub in Wales (Used to be called the "Prince Of Wales" when it first opened).
Beer list is nice:
www.fiddlersgreenorlando.com/beer.html
ErnestM
The interior was brought over from a closed pub in Wales (Used to be called the "Prince Of Wales" when it first opened).
Beer list is nice:
www.fiddlersgreenorlando.com/beer.html
ErnestM
I've just got this vision of a place where the draught pumps are made from old handbrakes, there's a last orders klaxon taken off a vintage car, the tables are roadsigns on bricks, the seats are from a Renault Espace, there's a room full of linked Sega Rally and IoM TT machines, sports/luxury/shopping segregation in the car park, a dragstrip out the back, piles of old copies of Evo and Classic Cars on the bar, and the house beer is called Ted's Extra-Strong Sump Oil. It's a stout. There's also a dog that sits on the mat at the back, chewing an old exhaust pipe. The rail on the bar has two-into-fours at either end, and it's full of those olde-worlde tin signs advertising E-Types and MGBs.
The moderators would be the door staff, lumbering around in big coats saying 'I think you want to end this conversation, don't you?'
The doors wouldn't have handles, but instead this annoying hidden button on the wall that sometimes doesn't work. Really confusing after a few.
The curries would have a Haynes 'spanner' rating.
The dancefloor would have old police lights, scameras and foglights forcibly removed from numpties providing the entertainment.
Also, there would be a Nitrous Oxide system installed to lighten the mood if someone started ranting about BMW drivers.
The doors wouldn't have handles, but instead this annoying hidden button on the wall that sometimes doesn't work. Really confusing after a few.
The curries would have a Haynes 'spanner' rating.
The dancefloor would have old police lights, scameras and foglights forcibly removed from numpties providing the entertainment.
Also, there would be a Nitrous Oxide system installed to lighten the mood if someone started ranting about BMW drivers.
Isn't there a bikers pub somewhere in the midlands that lets you park up inside? I seem to remember that it's pretty popular.
Anyone for fantasy PH pub celebrity barmaid?
>> Edited to add: can we have curry sundays? My old local used to do curry sundays and it was the best thing on earth when you'd got to bed at 4am the night before.
>> Edited by D-Angle on Friday 3rd December 00:59
Anyone for fantasy PH pub celebrity barmaid?
>> Edited to add: can we have curry sundays? My old local used to do curry sundays and it was the best thing on earth when you'd got to bed at 4am the night before.
>> Edited by D-Angle on Friday 3rd December 00:59
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