19/05/25 - Bury by Night

Monday Night - Tricky for Ticking

A first visit to Bury. An overnight stay, so plenty of time, I looked to a Facebook Page (British Pubs) for inspiration of where to go. Of course, recommendations were made for practically every pub in town. Which shows there is a pub for every person; one man's meat is another man's poison.

They were quickly uploaded to my new favourite app - Bar Trek - which has a lovely feature when used in earnest. It shows what is open / closed and closing soon.

Useful for a Monday night, where 21st Century rules decree that no one wants to go out.

We can always rely on a 'Spoons. The Art Picture House showing off what Timbo does. A fine piece of architecture saved from decay. Super keen prices and service. I am making the most of the temporary promotion of Jaipur at £3. I can always go back to Leffe.

The Art Picture House

Glorious Interior

Tea sorted, but I had to inquire on Twitter whether steak is off all the 'spoons menus. Yes, since April. Along with the mixed grills.

Two Tubs next - a traditional pub with military leanings. A veterans group reserving the main back room, keen to show each other their models of Napoleonic soldiers in red tunics. I have Sean Bean shouting Bastard as an earworm for the rest of the night.

A Thwaites house, the gold was less memorable than the Pappadums.

The Two Tubs

Both Wyldes and Robert Peel are next door. The latter refused. If it's not good enough for JDW then its not good enough for me. Besides, it looked empty and devoid of anything comfy to sit on. Wyldes, simply so I could add another tick for the great family brewers of Manchester. Joseph Holts Bitter and a listen to a couple of old boys both lament and argue which is the current best pub in town. Should I trust them when they agreed on Murphys?

Strangely, it wasn't recommended by the Facebook Intelligentsia. 

No longer a 'spoons.

Wylde about Joey Holts

Monday night closed pubs next. As usual, possibly the two I was most looking forward to. Trackside - looks like one of those excellent railway pubs. Someone should create a tick-list. Broad Street Social a Good Beer Guide recommendation, for those whose palate deserves a change from Boring Brown Bitter.

The Trackside

Social, apart from Mondays

This leaves the Marketside Tavern - a small micro. Cask, Keg and Bottles aplenty but seemingly specialising on German brews. At £5, my Augustiner became the most expensive pint of the night.

Just add punters

Until I checked out Murphys.