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The Ropewalk

Pub Review: The Ropewalk in Hockley

****

THIS Marston’s pub opposite the gravestones in St Paul’s Square was nice and dead itself at 6pm last Saturday.Read

The Dog

Pub Review: The Dog in Warley

****

EGGS, like newspapers, are daily miracles many people tend to take for granted these days.Read

Amber Tavern

Pub Review: Amber Tavern on Hagley Road West, Birmingham

**

SITTING next to the huge, curved bay window of this pub gave us a bird’s eye view of the Hagley Road traffic lights.Read

TGI Friday's

Pub Review: TGI Friday's on the Hagley Road

**

ONCE the first of its kind in the UK, the now 26-year-old TGI remains ever-popular.Read

The Peacock

Pub Review: The Peacock in Kings Norton

****

EVEN though this pub is technically in Kings Norton, it’s still a lovely drive out into pristine countryside.Read

The Victoria

Pub Review: The Victoria in Barnt Green

*****

THE motto on this pub’s website is that ‘you can’t beat a good local’.Read

The Baldwin

Pub Review: The Baldwin in Hall Green, Birmingham

***

AS EVERYONE prepares to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic exactly 100 years ago on Sunday, here’s another piece of White Star history.Read

The One Elm

Pub Review: The One Elm in Guild Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon

****

A GOOD Sunday lunch enjoying the unseasonably balmy weather – what could be better?Read

Drake's Drum

Pub Grub: Drake's Drum, Sizzling Pub Co in Great Barr

**

TOO many pubs in England have the same name.Read

The Bulls Head

Pub Review: The Bulls Head in Hall Green

***

THE senseless destruction of two period properties in Birmingham recently has been outrageous.Read

The Ladybridge

Pub Review: The Ladybridge in Tamworth

***

THE universal success of Costa Coffee outlets from the high street to motorway services and railway stations suggests that Whitbread seems to have found a winning formula.Read

The Harvester

Pub Review: The Harvester at Star City

***

I LIKE the simple things in life – and when it comes to pubs, that means good food and drink and service with a smile.Read

Birmingham Mail

Belfry has afternoon tea down to a tee

APART from the championship golf courses, there is an attraction at the Belfry which the chef has got down to a tee.Read

Bedders

Light Bite: Bedders on the Coventry Road in Small Heath

EATING fish and chips from Bedders has been a family experience for generations of Brummies.Read

The Bull

Pub Review: The Bull in Price Street, Birmingham

****

JUDGING by the hourly volume of traffic heading out of Birmingham on the A38 Queensway towards the M6, The Bull is probably one of the most visible pubs in the city.Read

Pub Grub: JD Wetherspoon Assembly Rooms, 21 Poplar Road, Solihull B91 3AD

ANYONE might think that going out for a lateRead

Pub Review: O'Neill's, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HG. Tel: 0121 616 1623

***

HEARING an item on the radio about the ongoing difficulties of organising this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade got me thinking.Read

Pub Review: The Hazelwell, Pineapple Road, Kings Heath B30 2RS

***

NOT everything went to plan during our debut at The Hazelwell.Read

Pub Review: Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, Solihull B94 6AQ. Tel 01564 702946

***

OF ALL the Vintage Inns pubs in the Midlands run by M&B, this is one of my favourites.Read

Pub Review: Hunters Moon, 220 Coleshill Road, Hodge Hill B36 8BE. 0121 749 2595

****

WITH Steven Spielberg’s War Horse movie opening today, where better to try than a Hungry Horse pub.Read