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VERSION:2.1
N:Duke of York
FN:Duke of York
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 7262 9129
ADR;WORK:;;45 Harrowby St;W1H 5HT
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NOTE:As I enter I am almost smacked across the head by a rugby ball that the two Australian barmen had been throwing at each other. Oh. I look around the bar and realize that my arrival has just increased the pub’s population by 50%. Not good. Undeterred I proceed to buy a drink and one of the barman pops behind the bar to serve me. I order a pint of the only bitter that they have on and find a seat. After a while I realize that I am in pub hell. A big screen pumps out dance hits at full volume and the bored barmen resume their rugby ball throwing. I look away and cast an eye over my surroundings instead. The shabby décor still appears to be suffering the effects of an ill-considered refit in the 1970s. The whole effect is capped off by a hideous colony of rugby figurines above the bar. A couple walk into the pub and immediately leave with ashen faces. After a while a girl walks in and the bored barmen start chatting her up. It turns out she works behind the bar too. Great and there I was worried that I might not be able to get served. Just as the irritating whining accents were starting to get too much a bloke walks in, this time it’s a customer. Finally. Pint in hand he escapes to the corner containing the quiz machine. Leaving my empty pint I make for the other corner and the exit.
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