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Drink's at The Village Anyone?

Advantages: Good atmosphere most nights
Disadvantages: Toilets. Drag acts taking things too far

The Village Inn, Hurst Street, BirminghamThe Village Inn, located in the centre of Birmingham on Hurst Street is one of the many pubs in Birmingham's gay village. Before my move away from Birmingham I became a bit of a regular visitor to The Vill ...

gingelou 25.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Village Inn, Hurst Street, Birmingham

Eating like a (Black) Horse!

Advantages: Children are welcome as long as an adult is eating, a reasonably pleasant atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not always the best quality food, smelly gents toilets

The Black Horse pub in the Northfield area of Birmingham was built in the 1920s, so it's a reasonably historic building (by Northfield standards). The thing is it's a beautiful black and white timbered building so looks much older - I used to use it as a ...

chrisandmark_is_here 26.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Black Horse, Northfield, Birmingham

Game, Set and Match!

Advantages: Great food, reasonably priced drinks
Disadvantages: Not the most upmarket establishment in the world!

While by no stretch of the imagination is The Tennis Court pub an upmarket place, it's still a pub I love and visit regularly for a variety of reasons. This is the kind of place you can visit and feel equally at home whether you're simply popping in for a ...

chrisandmark_is_here 22.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Tennis Court, Birmingham

All You Can Eat - And More Besides!

Advantages: A delicious carvery which doesn't skimp on the meat!
Disadvantages: None at all!

Located in the Great Barr area of Brum, The Malt Shovel is easily accessible from both Birmingham and the Black Country. When you arrive, you'll see the car park is huge and well laid out with a good amount of disabled spaces near the entrance to the rest ...

chrisandmark_is_here 29.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of the malt shovel, Great Barr, Birmingham

Drop Anchor here for an hour or two

Advantages: Nice food, a great atmosphere
Disadvantages: No customer parking, children are not allowed inside the pub

Back in 1797 the area that is now the Digbeth district of Birmingham was the home of a ring of inn's and watering holes which surrounded the industrial section of (a much smaller) Brum. The Anchor Inn is one of the few pubs which has survived the centurie ...

chrisandmark_is_here 22.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Anchor, Digbeth, Birmingham