Post by hillbillyred on Jan 11, 2017 8:48:53 GMT
Being very presumptious as only just joined, please accept some comments on refreshments for Sunday.
To date we have not had the floods of last year so Rochdale is functioning as fully as it deserves. Middleman will explain if you do not know Rochdale.
For ale fans, the Eagle (not far from the station), on Oldham Road, does not currently serve real ale: it's still cheap Sammy Smiths but keg.
Unlike last year, the Regal Moon is open. This is a large Wetherspoons pub (ex-cinema) with 3 sets of wickets. I would argue it is among the best Wetherspoons in the country. This pub is beside the Tram terminus and accessible from the railway station by walking out on the road leading away from the station entrance (following the tram tracks past the Catholic church) to the T junction, left following the tram tracks down Drake Street (a grim reminder of urban grot) to the bottom where it is opposite.
As you go down Drake Street, you can turn left when you see the red car sculpture onto Nelson Street, past the world buffet and across the Church Lane crossroads and down onto the square to the Flying horse. Ben, the landlord, is a keen RL fan as are several of his staff. Cracking ale and grub. Real fire and, you may have guessed, a place I highly recommend.
Both pubs are easily found from the bus Station. In this case do not go up Drake Street but follow the river to the square.
The gem in Dale is the Baum: not cheap but wonderful. If you are in the centre, I would suggest: just to the right of the Barclays bank and along that road past the back of a Yorkshire Bank (cash machine obvious). Right down a passage passing the Roebuck until you meet a pedestrian way ( the Halifax faces you). Left up the hill until you get to the British Heart Foundation charity shop (good for books). Immediate left before this shop, another passage onto a car park with a church facing you. Diagonal left and the Baum is connected to the Co-Op museum. Cracking real ale, cracking food, great everything.
All three serve excellent real cider as well.
To date we have not had the floods of last year so Rochdale is functioning as fully as it deserves. Middleman will explain if you do not know Rochdale.
For ale fans, the Eagle (not far from the station), on Oldham Road, does not currently serve real ale: it's still cheap Sammy Smiths but keg.
Unlike last year, the Regal Moon is open. This is a large Wetherspoons pub (ex-cinema) with 3 sets of wickets. I would argue it is among the best Wetherspoons in the country. This pub is beside the Tram terminus and accessible from the railway station by walking out on the road leading away from the station entrance (following the tram tracks past the Catholic church) to the T junction, left following the tram tracks down Drake Street (a grim reminder of urban grot) to the bottom where it is opposite.
As you go down Drake Street, you can turn left when you see the red car sculpture onto Nelson Street, past the world buffet and across the Church Lane crossroads and down onto the square to the Flying horse. Ben, the landlord, is a keen RL fan as are several of his staff. Cracking ale and grub. Real fire and, you may have guessed, a place I highly recommend.
Both pubs are easily found from the bus Station. In this case do not go up Drake Street but follow the river to the square.
The gem in Dale is the Baum: not cheap but wonderful. If you are in the centre, I would suggest: just to the right of the Barclays bank and along that road past the back of a Yorkshire Bank (cash machine obvious). Right down a passage passing the Roebuck until you meet a pedestrian way ( the Halifax faces you). Left up the hill until you get to the British Heart Foundation charity shop (good for books). Immediate left before this shop, another passage onto a car park with a church facing you. Diagonal left and the Baum is connected to the Co-Op museum. Cracking real ale, cracking food, great everything.
All three serve excellent real cider as well.
