| Another new pub opens up to challenge
the Pitcher and Piano, Slug and Lettuce, Harkers and Varsity with the same
style and pitch for custom. Fresh paint, fresh wood and friendly staff everywhere.
Fresh ideas? Bit of a lack in this department. Bar Ha Ha is a chain that
began life in Bristol (and I've been in it, a template for here) and this
is their furthest venture North so far. There are fourteen others. It looks
like food is their speciality, with a big kitchen up the back and menus
plastered everywhere. The Brunch menu appealed to me with it's bacon sandwiches.
There are the usual style necessities - the comfy sofas, the lack of Real
Ale, the newspapers lying around (plus point!) but it's all fairly deja
vu. As I stood supping my pint, I thought I'd probably not be back soon
unless it was with my other half, and that's when it struck me - places
like this are going all out to attract the girls. Get them, and the boys
will follow. And for the next six months at least, I bet they get them in
droves. |