used to be capitol/varisty,  as well as doing spoons prices have the biggest screen ever , 20ft by 20ft. superb quality picture.

 

opens to public on thursday.

does it serve shitty guinness?

I like the word Emporium, I'll probably go just because of that.

 

Don't like gin though.

I like gin.

Shirley emporium is more of a shop / store? Salloon would have been bettererer.

Is that in Bolton?

Shirley emporium is more of a shop / store? Salloon would have been bettererer.

the emporium in Clitheroe sells alcohol

the emporium in Clitheroe sells alcohol

In a shop or pub type setting?

I like gin.

has dozen or so different makes.

 

no baths though if you get pregnant

has dozen or so different makes.

 

no baths though if you get pregnant

My child bearing years are long behind me. If they're serving up sloe gin & such like it sounds like something different, fair play.

In a shop or pub type setting?

bit of both

http://www.theemporiumclitheroe.co.uk/content/wine-bar

I presume it's 'Hogarth's' after William Hogarth...

 

(all the BBC Four is finally sinking in, thanks to Andrew Graham Dixon, whom I used to think was a grade A twat).

 

A section of Gin Lane by the artist, the babbeh has fell from the mam's arms, but she's had a ha'penny of mothers' ruin and dunt give a fack...

 

We did about gin lane in history at school. There's a lot going on in it!

They're all supping, most of them seem to be having a fine old time.

The Varsity was successful, for a pub tucked away out of the centre.

 

Went in the Capitol once, Hawaiian bar, shit DJ, 4 people in...

 

Good luck, they'll need it.

The Varsity was successful, for a pub tucked away out of the centre.

Went in the Capitol once, Hawaiian bar, shit DJ, 4 people in...

Good luck, they'll need it.

maybe tucked away is a good thing. Have you seen the state of deansgate? Unless it's changed dramatically it was grim as fuck last time I went & that's got to be 12 months ago. 3 crowns, cider house, BL1 were alright, further up though, fuck me!

Couple of months since I ventured out, if you are naming BL1 as one of the better bars then we are fucked. Stinks of piss, full of peasants.

People with expendable cash generally don't want to sit supping with kids and (down-at-heel) pisscans - so they start to give town a swerve...

 

The pubs look after their regular custom (kids and pisscans) and so the downward spiral continues...

 

They can stick all these gimmicks up their arse tbh, what the fuck does gin have to do with Bolton anyway?

Edited October 21, 201411 yr by Youri McAnespie

Atlas Bar in Manc claims to have 80 types of Gin?

Unless they're selling decent stuff at £1 a double...

I really dislike that painting. I remember seeing it as a kid and it's freaked me out ever since.

People with expendable cash generally don't want to sit supping with kids and (down-at-heel) pisscans - so they start to give town a swerve...

 

The pubs look after their regular custom (kids and pisscans) and so the downward spiral continues...

 

They can stick all these gimmicks up their arse tbh, what the fuck does gin have to do with Bolton anyway?

See the gin lane image and swop the victorian piss cans for heroin addicts and roma benefits peasants and you have the modern view of Bolton town centre life

Couple of months since I ventured out, if you are naming BL1 as one of the better bars then we are fucked. Stinks of piss, full of peasants.

last time I don't recall it being too bad (compared to some of the dives) but I'd imagine if they've done fuck all to it in 12 months it could now be pretty grim

If they want a bar to do well, kit it out nice and easily cleanable - bare wood and brick and parquet floor, keep the bogs nice and clean and replace anything broke as soon as it gets broke - minimal piss smell a bonus, keep prices reasonable and tell smelly fuckers to sling their hook...

 

Let staff wear their own clothes and if they're easy on the eye, then so be it...

 

Don't serve shite kids' drinks like alcopops or sambucca or whatever they sup these days...Hopefully they won't darken the door either.

 

Get either a jukebox with good stuff on, or no music or tellies - unless it's World Cup or Euros.

Edited October 21, 201411 yr by Youri McAnespie

No shite gimmicks, if they have to decorate it with tat, use stuff that actually has some meaning in relation to the town.

If they want a bar to do well, kit it out nice and easily cleanable - bare wood and brick and parquet floor, keep the bogs nice and clean and replace anything broke as soon as it gets broke - minimal piss smell a bonus, keep prices reasonable and tell smelly fuckers to sling their hook...

 

Let staff wear their own clothes and if they're easy on the eye, then so be it...

 

Don't serve shite kids' drinks like alcopops or sambucca or whatever they sup these days...Hopefully they won't darken the door either.

 

Get either a jukebox with good stuff on, or no music or tellies - unless it's World Cup or Euros.

Aka open the bank top brewery pubs in Horwich or on Belmont Road.