Pubs with snugs in London

[rutabowa]

(and they feel pretty snug when there's 5 or 6 people all crammed into one tbh)

i think this is where the misconception comes from. just because something is "snug", does not make it A "snug"

 

[rutabowa]

er i'm sorry, i seem to be very emotionally involved with this topic. please continue with your suggestions.

 

[Guineveretoo]

So am I. Please continue to make me feel less of an obsessive

 

[oryx]

It's not only in Irish pubs, though. Several pubs in Cambridge used to have these, including the Cambridge Free Press and the Cambridge Blue, although I don't know if they still do.

The snug used to be used as the off licence bit, too, where people snuck in to get their carryouts.

I was going to mention Cambridge - I think The Panton had one, or one of the pubs round there.

Snugs are :

You can keep yer new-fangled DJ bars.

oryx - Ena Sharples wannabee

 

[marty21]

the weatherspoons on stokie high street has a load of snugs out the back. although they're fairly well-used so you can't always get one.

eta: maybe these are booths not snugs then?

booths

 

[Brainaddict]

Princess Louise looks worth a visit. I aim to visit all the sam smiths pubs in London anyway....
cheers

 

[Orang Utan]

There's a pub in Lamb's Conduit Street that has shutters on the bar, so the bar staff can't work out the identity of the gentlemen patrons and the ladies of the night who accompany them.

 

[rutabowa]

There's a pub in Lamb's Conduit Street that has shutters on the bar, so the bar staff can't work out the identity of the gentlemen patrons and the ladies of the night who accompany them.

that sounds cool what pub?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Princess Louise looks worth a visit. I aim to visit all the sam smiths pubs in London anyway....
cheers

Princess Louise was a Pub of the Year winner many years ago. I think it won more than once

 

[mr steev]

It's a good design for a pub, I think, but most have now gone down the single-room route.

The majority of 'pubs' (as opposed to ones which have been bought out by chains) round here have a seperate bar and lounge and many have a smoke room too.
There's one by me that only has a bar in the bar, the other 2 rooms (the lounge and what was the smoke room) you would've had table service. But nowadays you have to get it yourself from a tiny hatch by the side of the bar (the old outdoor I guess)

I think the term snug has slightly different meanings depending on where you're from and how it has evolved.
To me it means a small, secluded area of the bar (but not a booth) with direct access to the bar (for people who didn't want to be seen in the bar)
I guess that could also double as an outdoor - a hatch to get served without entering the bar.
When pubs started to have lounges I guess those rooms would've been similar to the snug as in it's not the bar so you don't have to mix with the riff-raff

 

[rutabowa]

Princess Louise was a Pub of the Year winner many years ago. I think it won more than once

i only went once, there was a bus strike on so i popped in on the way back form work and ended up hanging out with the Vampire Society all evening, they were having a social in the function room. nice bunch of people.

 

[Orang Utan]

that sounds cool what pub?

I wish I could remember - it's an ace pub - I'll have a Google

 

[Orang Utan]

Here it is, The Lamb:
http://www.pubs.com/pub_details.cfm?ID=203
They're called 'snob screens':

 

[blossie33]

I'm not too sure exactly what a snug is but the word makes me think of the very old episodes of Coronation Street - the character Ena Sharples and her two friends used to sit in a tiny room with a door, seperated from the main bar in the Rovers. They used to call it the 'snug' so presumably that's what it is?

Many of the larger pubs in Birmingham used to have an Outdoor which was a tiny room - hallway even - where you could buy drink to take out (an off licence really). I don't think there are many of those left but then people buy from the supermarkets now.

 

[marty21]

Here it is, The Lamb:
http://www.pubs.com/pub_details.cfm?ID=203
They're called 'snob screens':

it's a lovely boozer

 

[mr steev]

Many of the larger pubs in Birmingham used to have an Outdoor which was a tiny room - hallway even - where you could buy drink to take out (an off licence really). I don't think there are many of those left but then people buy from the supermarkets now.

I think all pubs used to have them. It goes back to the time when women weren't allowed in bars doesn't it? Or children for that matter... my mum has a childhood memory of been given a stone jug and sent to the outdoor to get it filled up for her nan. She still calls the offie the outdoor now

 

[blossie33]

Were women not allowed in bars once

Not sure if the Outdoor relates to that, I think it was more that alcohol was available in very few places at one time. My Nan used to have a crate of beer delivered to her home by Davenports (a Midland brewery) back in the 50's/ 60's. She did live in a country area though.

 

[mr steev]

Were women not allowed in bars once

Well, not so much as not allowed, but it was frowned upon, and definately in the bar.

I think it was more that alcohol was available in very few places at one time.

Yeah, I guess it would be the only place open after 6pm or on a Sunday in most places.

 

[T & P]

Who's been to The Falcon in Clapham Junction?

There is a small partition between the public bar and the saloon, with its own entrance door from the street. It doesn't seat more than 6-8 people in it. I've always thought it a bit weird and not very functional. Is that one of these snugs you speak of?

 

[RubyToogood]

Does that little back room at the Half Moon in Herne Hill count as a snug?

 

[RubyToogood]

Well, not so much as not allowed, but it was frowned upon, and definately in the bar.

I think even when I was a child in the 70s Respectable Women didn't go to pubs. IIRC.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I think even when I was a child in the 70s Respectable Women didn't go to pubs. IIRC.

Really? I was an adult in the 70s, perfectly respectable, and I went to pubs!

Even when I was a child, both my parents used to go to the pub (sometimes leaving us kids in the car with a bottle of lemonade and a packet of crisps).

 

[ethel]

there are still pubs in the east end of glasgow without ladies toilets.

 

[rutabowa]

there's still at least one pub in london with no ladies toilets, probably more.

 

[Guineveretoo]

there's still at least one pub in london with no ladies toilets, probably more.

Seriously? That's against the law, unless I am much mistaken!

 

[bellies]

If you go downstairs in the coal hole on the Strand, there is an old coal hole converted into a little room that sits about 6 people. Always seems to be people in there when i go, but its pretty cool

 

[rutabowa]

If you go downstairs in the coal hole on the Strand, there is an old coal hole converted into a little room that sits about 6 people. Always seems to be people in there when i go, but its pretty cool

i used to be in there most fridays.... it's alright but you lose track of time a bit!

 

[corporate whore]

Does that little back room at the Half Moon in Herne Hill count as a snug?

Most certainly, although you'll be hard pressed to get served at its bar space.

The Gun, next to Spitalfields, has a snug.

 

[paolo]

Many of the larger pubs in Birmingham used to have an Outdoor which was a tiny room - hallway even - where you could buy drink to take out (an off licence really). I don't think there are many of those left but then people buy from the supermarkets now.

Blimey! I'd totally forgotten about those from my time in brum a zillion years ago. The hazy memories of teenage drinking

 

[art of fact]

the druid's head in kingston has a snug bar... pretty sure it counts.