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Post by westender on Dec 16, 2010 21:51:33 GMT -1
Uisge Beatha is no longer. I cannae tell you how depressed this makes me. It was a dirty, smelly, dark, frozen lavvied thing, of nooks, crannies, oose, stoor, music, players, righteousness and loveliness. Unique. I loved it. A pox on them that have done this.  |
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Post by bormes on Dec 16, 2010 22:12:20 GMT -1
The old owner who made it so good (Duncan McGregor) sadly passed away he also owned the Loch Lomond pub, The Drovers and the underused one farther down the loch.
He ran (with family members) great pubs.
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Post by westender on Dec 17, 2010 11:41:13 GMT -1
The old owner who made it so good (Duncan McGregor) sadly passed away he also owned the Loch Lomond pub, The Drovers and the underused one farther down the loch. He ran (with family members) great pubs. ;D Is there embdy you don't know?? (When did McGregor die?) |
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Post by bormes on Dec 17, 2010 13:38:44 GMT -1
Last year,
Have you seen "Burbeck" recently?
Tell him I was asking for him please!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2010 21:01:28 GMT -1
Years back, when I managed a band, we gathered cast and crew and drank there on the rare occasions we had a day off in Glasgow. Our Australian production manager adored it, but couldn't get his tongue around the pronunciation so we used to just call it 'The Scottish Pub'.
Some years later, he was in town with Crowded House and on a day off decided to show them his favourite drinking hole. A taxi was hailed and on piling in, they asked to be taken to....The Scottish Pub.
To be met with the Glaswegian cabbie response; 'Are you taking the f*cking piss, mate?"
Eventually after some discussion of the pub layout and interior he came up trumps ;D ;D ;D
Passed by it today---still three bars (used to be the 3 in 1 didn't it?) one's called Water of Life, one Dram and the other's still Uisge Beatha. And it was hoaching...
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Post by ozneil on Dec 18, 2010 22:16:08 GMT -1
3 in 1 was my fav pub, just down the road from the office. Used to chat to an old guy there, nice old bloke, ex merchant sea-man, rcognised my accent and used to chat to me about his times in Australia.
Memory slowly returns I thank it had booths, red carpet on floor and a light wood panelling (prob Sycamore) with bulls-eye window panes.
I seem to remember the old guy sat on stoll at end of bar, was an ex-engineer and lived in Charing-Cross mansions ??
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Post by bormes on Dec 19, 2010 10:59:02 GMT -1
Very observant Oz, you could train as a sniper !!
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Post by yonzabam on Dec 19, 2010 15:12:43 GMT -1
Being rebranded as 'Dram' by Maclay's. They say it'll retain much of the character of the old place. The refurb, apparently, is costing £500,000! With the depressed state of the pub scene you wonder how on earth that makes any kind of economic sense. It's not as if it had fallen into disrepair and was badly in need of a makeover. Far from it, in fact. It's difficult to imagine what it is they're going to do with it. Pubs like The Curler's, The Rock and Reid's of Pertyck had their internal walls knocked out and the pub made into one big space. This did away with separate bars in the same place requiring staffing. By reducing it down to one bar, they cut down on overheads in the shape of staff wages. But Uisge Beatha is a bit different. It's like a long corridor split into three sections. Quite an odd layout for a pub. If they knock it into one big space, thus doing away with the separate bars, I don't see it working the same as in the other pubs mentioned. Article here about it. www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/malt-bar-makeover-means-new-owner-who-gives-a-dram-1.1073440 |
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Post by westender on Dec 19, 2010 18:40:08 GMT -1
Being rebranded as 'Dram' by Maclay's. They say it'll retain much of the character of the old place. Well that's pish for a start! "Members of the team" "commissioned to give the bar a modern makeover" "We are very excited to have added Dram! to our portfolio" "worked closely with our designers to create a new look" "expanding its entertainment programme [? it's supposed to be a pub] to include sport" Pish pish and mair pish. Lies and pish. There is NO company dealing with pubs in this city that gives a monkeys about or has the foggiest notion of what customers want. Had they asked, what would everyone who loves the Oosky have said when asked what they wanted for the pub? "FOR FOLK TO LEAVE IT ALANE AND NOT MESS ABOUT WITH IT!!!" would have been the response. The snakes are turning their cold lifeless eyes towards Tennents as well. For me, interfering with Tennents is as verboten and appalling a notion as shiting on the koran and burning pictures of the prophet is for a muslim. I cannae stand it. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 21:56:49 GMT -1
Pish pish and mair pish. Lies and pish. There is NO company dealing with pubs in this city that gives a monkeys about or has the foggiest notion of what customers want. Au contraire-one Bobsy Mullen has done just that over the past 20 years, from McPhabbs to Universal and now the Griffin. And not only running fine old pubs with reasonable non-wanky prices, he was the first to introduce the Glasgow Salad on his menus. ;D |
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Post by ozneil on Dec 22, 2010 22:20:38 GMT -1
What the hell is a "Glasgow salad"? Mutton pie & chips??
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Post by westender on Dec 24, 2010 2:14:00 GMT -1
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Post by westender on Dec 24, 2010 2:15:02 GMT -1
Pish pish and mair pish. Lies and pish. There is NO company dealing with pubs in this city that gives a monkeys about or has the foggiest notion of what customers want. Au contraire-one Bobsy Mullen has done just that over the past 20 years, from McPhabbs to Universal and now the Griffin. And not only running fine old pubs with reasonable non-wanky prices, he was the first to introduce the Glasgow Salad on his menus. ;D Poo to you, don't rain on ma rantin parade! |
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