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CAMRA Names Britain’s Best Pub
The Old Spot Inn is a 100-year-old traditional pub, located in Gloucestershire along the Cotswold Way, a popular long-distance walking trail. It features quality ales from local microbreweries, and though it serves food at certain hours, the licensee notes in the article that “our drinkers come first.” In the video that accompanies the story, the Old Spot’s owner suggests that the traditional local pub is dying out, giving way to louder, flashier alternatives aimed primarily at a younger crowd. As a member of said crowd, who misses a quiet afternoon pint more than almost anything else about living in Britain, I certainly hope he’s wrong. Next time I find myself in Gloucestershire I’ll be sure to stop by and do my bit to help keep the tradition alive.
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Photo by Fin Fahey via Flickr (Creative Commons). Categories: Weblog • England • Food: The Moveable Feast 
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COMMENTSAh, Mr. Fin Fahey, my ancient nemesis! Here’s a few pounds to drink yourself into a blither. Keep your candass comments to yourself. By on 2.19.08 at 01:53 PM
The pub in general is an endangered species, and the drinking pub even more so. Those of us in the UK need to use them more, or lose them! By Paul on 2.20.08 at 01:56 AM
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