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| - Sometime around 2002 I went to the Hose & Hound for the first time and there was a fire. A real live fire and firemen and everything showed up. My friend and I watched as the pub called the Hose & Hound filled with firemen on every floor and we looked at each other and thought, "well this is fun entertainment!"
Sadly, we were embarrassingly wrong, since it was a real fire. Being the last people in the pub (because we were watching the 'entertainment') we were asked by a nice fireman to exit the building while they made sure it was safe.
If the Hose & Hound had fireman entertainment where people in yellow suits ran around like it was a real fire hall and, I donno, gave away free drink coupons or something, this joint would get 5 big stars from me for 'fun quirky entertainment'. But since they don't, they get two. Not because my friend and I were stupid when we were 21; no sense in punishing a pub for not thinking up fun entertainment; but because this place is just a run-of-the-mill neighborhood pub.
There's nothing wrong with a neighborhood pub, it's usually full of regulars, they know your order, it's in YOUR neighborhood; all those are nice things. But there's also nothing especially exciting about Hose & Hound. The menu is everyday pub food, the drinks are nothing out-of-the-ordinary; but hell, if you need a cold beer with a side of potato skins and live in the area; this might just be the place for you.
T.
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