New developments in Manchester city centre

[Johnny Mars Bar]

A lot of chatter this week and negative reactions to this planning application next to the Brittons

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A step too far in these joyless glass developments or just modernisation that is more than welcome

Personally I think the juxtaposition works.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

The BP may revert back to a Heinekin monstrosity sadly

Manchester's Britons Protection pub 'needs your help' as future hangs in balance

The legendary city centre boozer, which dates back to 1811, faces an uncertain future

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

“we plan to build on the current offer whilst continuing to support the pub’s historic status and maintaining its focus on serving an interesting range of real ale and ciders.”

That’s a quote from the brewery, which doesn’t sound all doom and gloom?

 

[urban genie]

“we plan to build on the current offer whilst continuing to support the pub’s historic status and maintaining its focus on serving an interesting range of real ale and ciders.”

That’s a quote from the brewery, which doesn’t sound all doom and gloom?

The point is the Britons is known and visited for it's famous range of whisleys.

Star pubs can offer many an ale, lager and cider, most the generic stuff you will find in a brand pub, but they don't deviate, so the stuff the Britons offer now the guest ales from local breweries, the 360 whiskeys all disapear for estrella, hieneken, moretti, john smiths etc.

 

[urban genie]

My son tells me he loves the northen quarter and the city has improved a lot but I think the traffic is a nightmare concentrated into bottle necks all round the town.
house prices have gone through the roof and I can’t afford to buy back, a house we sold 2017 has gone up by well over 100 grand.

Liverpool has retained a balance of new and old buildings but I wouldn’t want to live there it seems a little gloomy

The northern quarter is made up from opening up new bars in existing buildings while nearly all the old boozers remain, with some modernised, so though modern it feels traditional and down to earth.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

The point is the Britons is known and visited for it's famous range of whisleys.

Star pubs can offer many an ale, lager and cider, most the generic stuff you will find in a brand pub, but they don't deviate, so the stuff the Britons offer now the guest ales from local breweries, the 360 whiskeys all disapear for estrella, hieneken, moretti, john smiths etc.

I know the pub well. I’ve been in loads of times.

Just hopeful that Heineken aren’t stupid enough to rip out its USP. The line about ‘building on the current offer’ at least sounds like they vaguely get it…

 

[feelymcfeel]

What are those circular led objects at the end of the video btw? I don't remember seeing those before.

This never got answered. They're vents from the coop building apparently.

 

[unicorn]

My son tells me he loves the northen quarter and the city has improved a lot but I think the traffic is a nightmare concentrated into bottle necks all round the town.
house prices have gone through the roof and I can’t afford to buy back, a house we sold 2017 has gone up by well over 100 grand.

Liverpool has retained a balance of new and old buildings but I wouldn’t want to live there it seems a little gloomy

My lad lives just outside Piccadilly (lucky sod), goes to gigs weekly in Manchester, hates the bus wrecking Scouse but him and girlfriend love Liverpool for nightlife. And I kind of get that, the Ropewalks area south of Bold St is lively. The pubs are a notch below Manchester, mind.

 

[Ribble73]

“we plan to build on the current offer whilst continuing to support the pub’s historic status and maintaining its focus on serving an interesting range of real ale and ciders.”

That’s a quote from the brewery, which doesn’t sound all doom and gloom?

Hopefully it will just be a seamless transition -but you have to be sceptical. This place along with the Pev of the Peak has always been on my No1 route around Town

 

[unicorn]

Manchester has kept more of its history intact than most.

That run of pubs along Portland Street (Monkey, Grey Horse, Circus) for example, is unmatched anywhere in England. No gentrification there.

 

[Ribble73]

My lad lives just outside Piccadilly (lucky sod), goes to gigs weekly in Manchester, hates the bus wrecking Scouse but him and girlfriend love Liverpool for nightlife. And I kind of get that, the Ropewalks area south of Bold St is lively. The pubs are a notch below Manchester, mind.

I agree Liverpool City Centre has been a good cheap Session over the years and I’ve been loads of times -it was notably cheaper generally than Mcr but that’s not so much nowadays. I went last Wednesday and Spoons Real Ale was £2:65 and I was charged £4:20 for a Pint of Piss in the White Star, Matthew St (which was a safe cheap Pub up until then in my experience)