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Harte and Magpies Pub, Coleshill
The pub owners won the national Pub of the Year 2009 and have turned round a "lost" chain pub to a real pub again. See the article on the Magpies in the Bucks Free Press in December about how they sheltered the car travellers snowed in on the road. They put them up over night.
This is what the British pub is about and this is what they can do when well run by guys who care about their community.
Well done Magpies and Cheers
20 Apr 2010 12:24
The pub owners won the national Pub of the Year 2009 and have turned round a "lost" chain pub to a real pub again. See the article on the Magpies in the Bucks Free Press in December about how they sheltered the car travellers snowed in on the road. They put them up over night.
This is what the British pub is about and this is what they can do when well run by guys who care about their community.
Well done Magpies and Cheers
9 Mar 2010 11:49
Another visit - A good little Freehouse that can get some really interesting beers. Cannot get these in your local pub owned by pub co - chain antiseptic multi-nationals.Treasure it.
Vive the difference.
cheers
13 Apr 2008 14:32
The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield
Another visit to this fabled pub with heaps of character. We had some excellent beers in a cosy and friendly pub nook in front of one of the log fires. Very ale house - lots of wooden benches.
The food is good too - Dozen Oysters were fantastic...wife was pleased!... and the old dog got a sausage. They allow dogs in - very civilised.
Best time to enjoy this special pub is late lunchtime and early afternoon, when it's not so rammed with drinkers enjoying the rare beers from the craft brewers.
Even more full on the weekends.
That said, it's also enjoyable when thoroughly crowded...
A hidden gem never disappointed.
Cheers
13 Apr 2008 14:16
The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield
A thought on this comment below.
Look at what you saw another way. The Italian manager is passionate and vocal about serving the customers, he is doing it for you and me. He pushes the staff into doing a great job instead of an average one. He belongs to the Gordon Ramsay school of management, you may not like it, but boy! doesn't it raise the standards of service in this country.
Is it not wonderful that someone who cares is in a pub on our doorstep?
22 Jan 2007 12:37
The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield
Wow! what a great old building parts are 900 years old. This pub is cosy and atmospheric with open fires and friendly staff. You can feel all the old pub ghosts watching you as you sink a pint in the snugs. This is a place I feel immediately at home in when I arrive. The home cooked food is not bad either. Why aren't there more pubs like this left?...A simple village pub...fantastic.
28 Nov 2004 00:11
The Royal Standard of England, Beaconsfield
Wow! What a fantastic old pub not spoiled by a hectic modern life.
This is what I call a real pub where you immediately feel at home, open fires and no music.
For a building over 900 years you can feel the ghosts, that haunt the place, enjoying a pint with you. Very friendly people and the food is not bad either. Why can't other pubs be like this?
27 Nov 2004 23:49
Harte and Magpies Pub, Coleshill
Quite.
10 May 2010 13:21