Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 heading out to watch west brom v southampton on the tele box in teh pub. I'd usually go to berts in stockbridge for such games as it's handy but I've really gone off the place since their change in management a while back. any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 heading out to watch west brom v southampton on the tele box in teh pub. I'd usually go to berts in stockbridge for such games as it's handy but I've really gone off the place since their change in management a while back. any suggestions? Berts will have it on Tic will have it on Baillie will have it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Berts will have it on Tic will have it on Baillie will have it on tic? take it that's the antiquary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 heading out to watch west brom v southampton on the tele box in teh pub. I'd usually go to berts in stockbridge for such games as it's handy but I've really gone off the place since their change in management a while back. any suggestions? Really scraping the barrel for an excuse to go to the pub with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Berts will have it on Tic will have it on Baillie will have it on Can't really explain why, but this is possibly my favourite pub in Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Really scraping the barrel for an excuse to go to the pub with that one. yup nah, just meeting a mate and the pubs as good a place as any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Can't really explain why, but this is possibly my favourite pub in Edinburgh. bailley is an excellent pub - don't think it's great for watching the football though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Can't really explain why, but this is possibly my favourite pub in Edinburgh. Tooo dark mate... the Antiquary is my fave just along the road, used to live directly across the road from it which helped. If you go in they'll put it on one of there tv's Im sure. Even try the cask and barrel another fav of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 opted for the antiquary. really starting to like that place. might head along tomorrow night for the poker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Tooo dark mate... the Antiquary is my fave just along the road, used to live directly across the road from it which helped. If you go in they'll put it on one of there tv's Im sure. Even try the cask and barrel another fav of mine. I will be in Berts on friday about five Kenny, you can buy me a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I will be in Berts on friday about five Kenny, you can buy me a beer. Some of us have jobs mate... Would love to Deeks, if I wasnt working in Leith Thursday & Friday. Really dislike Berts now, went down hill rapid when it was bought over from Wine and Spirit. Pint price increases and food is awful. Still pop in for a pint now and then but wouldn't get my weekly pie and beans any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 opted for the antiquary. really starting to like that place. might head along tomorrow night for the poker. there food is quality... breakfast on a sunday, there roasts for ?6 and even there lunch menu.... Staff are sound too. All good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Some of us have jobs mate... Would love to Deeks, if I wasnt working in Leith Thursday & Friday. Really dislike Berts now, went down hill rapid when it was bought over from Wine and Spirit. Pint price increases and food is awful. Still pop in for a pint now and then but wouldn't get my weekly pie and beans any more. spot on, it's really gone down hill. I used to love the place too. a pie, a pint and a game of chess with the old boys. sadly, the food is crap, the prices have rocketed and the regulars are no more. there food is quality... breakfast on a sunday, there roasts for ?6 and even there lunch menu.... Staff are sound too. All good. not tried the food yet, will give the roast a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 spot on, it's really gone down hill. I used to love the place too. a pie, a pint and a game of chess with the old boys. sadly, the food is crap, the prices have rocketed and the regulars are no more. not tried the food yet, will give the roast a try. Hard to beat there food for the price..... apart from Kays Bar on jamaica street, they must have the best pub lunches going... fantastic food for unbelievable prices! Defo head down one sunday for a roast, seen myself sit there from opening till the last game on a sunday, squeezing a roast in between pints.... bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 So you 2 both frequent the tic too, oh dear Quite a few interesting 'characters' in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 So you 2 both frequent the tic too, oh dear Quite a few interesting 'characters' in there. Its full of them.... me being one. Infact no doubt be there on Wed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Changed day in the Auntie Mary if they show sport now. It used to be a fantastic den of seediness in the 80's. Also the first pub to sell Stella on draught and bottles of Furstenberg. A few lost weekends in there back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wicker Man Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Not casting aspersions on those who drink in these pubs Was Kays bar the old Key West ? and was The Antiquary not owned by a Lesbian - no big deal now but was a 'talking point' in the early 80s. Mind you 'The laughing Duck' used to be a good bar for women ( and the odd poseur ). I remember it closed for refurbishment - a few of us went up after it reopened and we were warned before going in by the doorman, that the bar might not be for 'us'. Went in, ordered the beers and noticed that there were no mixed couples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven98 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Worked in both Kays and a few shifts in the Antiquary back in the days. Loved the old 'tic - carpet was that minging your feet used to stick to it. The wee back room used to be a "games" room - machines were always broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Not casting aspersions on those who drink in these pubs Was Kays bar the old Key West ? and was The Antiquary not owned by a Lesbian - no big deal now but was a 'talking point' in the early 80s. Mind you 'The laughing Duck' used to be a good bar for women ( and the odd poseur ). I remember it closed for refurbishment - a few of us went up after it reopened and we were warned before going in by the doorman, that the bar might not be for 'us'. Went in, ordered the beers and noticed that there were no mixed couples Dont think so, pretty sure its been Kays for quite some time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wicker Man Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Cheers - just wondering. It's been over 20years since drinking down that way. The Antiquary used to have a small video arcade section back then - Lunar Lander, Missle Command, Galaxian etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Cheers - just wondering. It's been over 20years since drinking down that way. The Antiquary used to have a small video arcade section back then - Lunar Lander, Missle Command, Galaxian etc. Pretty sure Kays has been Kays for at least 20yrs so you might still be right mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The Antiquary used to have an absolutely brilliant jukebox. With the added advantage of 2 terminals, so if you saw someone in the other room putting a pound in you could rush up to the other one and bang in a few selections while they were looking through the selections. Then you had the entertainment of your own songs while watching someone ranting at the bar staff that they only got one song for a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The Antiquary used to have an absolutely brilliant jukebox. With the added advantage of 2 terminals, so if you saw someone in the other room putting a pound in you could rush up to the other one and bang in a few selections while they were looking through the selections. Then you had the entertainment of your own songs while watching someone ranting at the bar staff that they only got one song for a pound. No juke box just Northern Soul, which seems to be on all the time. They also have a few decent bands and stuff on now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I worked in Kay's full-time early in 1976, shortly after it opened. Before that it was a wee obscure off sales shop, called .... Kay's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven98 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Can't count the amount of times I fell down those vertical steps into the cellar....followed by a pitched battle with thousands of those really annoying fruit fly things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Haven't been in Kays for years but it used to be great. The Baillie was called the Grand Bar when I first visited it in the late 60s when my old man maintained the garden at Royal Circus.It was a great bar then. In the late 90s/early 2000s my mum was the cleaner and the staff were brilliant to her. Never took to Berts but hey ho everyone to their own taste. The Vat used to be good but again never been in it for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Hows was berts Deek???? Heard on friday that its up for sale again. After the brewery ripped every bit of goodness from it, driving away locals, they whack it up for sale... would be interested to find out what other local units they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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