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Conquiztador
17th April 2010, 08:48
Most of us would have visited a pub or two that is "biker friendly". In some cases this only means that they allow us to have our leathers on. In other cases this extends to parking, greetings and even a drink on the house.

With our combined knowledge of what bikers REALLY want from a pub I recon we could design the perfect one.

So, what should a Biker Pub REALLY look like?

Oh and, trade is welcome to add their view here. But try to be positive. please...

Maha
17th April 2010, 08:53
Up this way, the Biker pub is The Puhoi Pub, it goes to extent of conning off and area just for bikes/no cars!
On any Sunday (apart from Easter Sunday because they close that weekend) you could expect anywhere between 100-150 bikes throughout the day? possibly more if its a stunner and theres a poker run on. The food is first class, wont find a better chicken/bacon/cheese burger anywhere.

When its busy, the wait food is no longer what it use to be, at one time you could wait up to 45-50 minutes for your order and that used to be a piss off, but its a popular place.
So good fast food and easy parking is a winning combo.
Oh, it should look historic, not swanky and brash.

boman
17th April 2010, 08:58
Around here, one pub frequented by bikers, is the Patumahoe Bar and Grill. They even have a bikers night last Thursday every month. Good food, good atmosphere, attractive bar staff ( both for the gents and the ladies)

Krayy
17th April 2010, 09:14
A cloak room where you can shed wet leathers/cordura and get it dry in winter, kind of like a ski lodge.

Also lots of outside seating for summer (thats what makes Puhoi so good).

Oh, and topless waitresses ;-)

trustme
17th April 2010, 09:31
Check out this site www.joesgarage.com.au/ Looks like a really cool pub that caters for both cars & bikes. You would need to cater for more than just bikes or you would starve. Have a separate events room so clubs or organisations could hold meetings there, bike nights , scooter nights, MotoGP night, organised events & rare/unusual bikes on show . Centrally located or you will only get weekend patronage & go broke.

If Deus was liscenced I think it would really take off.

Taz
17th April 2010, 09:40
Oh, and topless waitresses ;-)

If they are topless how would they carry the drinks etc?? You know with no arms and stuff :scratch:. I dont get it.... Can they even survive with out a top half?

ynot slow
17th April 2010, 09:42
Many a small town pub,Whanga stands out,was a typical local country pub,but about 25yrs ago my ex wifes cousin and partner took over,refurbished and promoted it,turned out way better than they envisaged lol,sadly he died.

Ample parking close to bar,area for jackets,if successful heaps of toilets,and have good basic food,steak sammies,blt,burgers etc,along with great range of beers,and cheaper non alcohol drinks for those riding.

Headbanger
17th April 2010, 09:42
Loud as hell Jukebox full of metal cd's.

Beer aint shit without Motorhead crankin.

Otherwise I'm completely indifferent to my surroundings, Don't need any special treatment.

Cold beer, something to lean on, Heavy Metal.



And killer bands on Friday and Saturday night.

p.dath
17th April 2010, 09:45
Up this way, the Biker pub is The Puhoi Pub, it goes to extent of conning off and area just for bikes/no cars!
On any Sunday (apart from Easter Sunday because they close that weekend) you could expect anywhere between 100-150 bikes throughout the day? possibly more if its a stunner and theres a poker run on. The food is first class, wont find a better chicken/bacon/cheese burger anywhere.

100-150 bikes throughout the day? I've seen that many there just parked. Maybe 100-150 bikes per hour! Could easily be 500 to 1000 bikes a day on a nice warm sunny Sunday. :)

PrincessBandit
17th April 2010, 09:56
Large toilet cubicles for us ladies who have to shed many layers of gear in order to get our leaky bits access to the loo! (Even my beloved shewee doesn't always compare to the bliss of a sit-down-and-let-it-go experience. Just my 2cents, or maybe tmi.....

neels
17th April 2010, 10:00
The pub down the road from our place, although of the modern rather than historic variety, is pretty well set up for bikes. Area right in front for bike parking only & outdoor seating right beside it, always bikes parked outside if it's a nice day for a ride. Can't comment on the ladies loos however....

steve_t
17th April 2010, 10:12
Large toilet cubicles for us ladies who have to shed many layers of gear in order to get our leaky bits access to the loo! (Even my beloved shewee doesn't always compare to the bliss of a sit-down-and-let-it-go experience. Just my 2cents, or maybe tmi.....

Haha.... a little bit TMI :laugh:

The country pub would probably do well carrying a small supply of bike parts - esp as it will be open on a Sunday ;)
Pool table.
TV showing some Moto GP
Secure area to store gear

spacemonkey
17th April 2010, 10:13
Many a small town pub,Whanga stands out,was a typical local country pub,but about 25yrs ago my ex wifes cousin and partner took over,refurbished and promoted it,turned out way better than they envisaged lol,sadly he died.

Ample parking close to bar,area for jackets,if successful heaps of toilets,and have good basic food,steak sammies,blt,burgers etc,along with great range of beers,and cheaper non alcohol drinks for those riding.

I see in the paper that the Whangamoana pub is up for sale now, $900k aprox.

Conquiztador
17th April 2010, 10:29
Mates of mine, from years ago, have started this: http://www.wildvikingmotel.fi/index.htm I think they have gone some way to make it what I would do.

onearmedbandit
17th April 2010, 11:13
Large sealed bike parking area with an entrance/exit onto the road only big enough to fit bikes through.
Seating arranged in parking area and off to the sides, allowing punters to sit amongst their bikes and also just outside the building.
Paved area for minimotos (charged out at say $5 for a 15 lap race).
Large indoor/outdoor bar area opening out to both the bike park and beer garden.
Games room with pool tables, darts, boxing ring, motorcycle racing games networked together (both PC and arcade version, might as well add car racing)
On-site dyno for bragging rights.
LCD screens inside and out running motorcycling events (races/gatherings/technical/new bike releases).
Large array of bike magazines, from as early as possible through to current editions.
Excellent food.
Pleasent staff.

I'm sure more will come to mind but this would be a good start. Now if I was to be running this place, I might also add a breathalyser operated exit gate. You blow over the limit the gate doesn't open. If that upsets anyone then I wouldn't want them drinking at my establishment anyway.

Robert Taylor
17th April 2010, 11:45
( Cynically ) why hasnt anyone on this threaed complained about the price of alcohol and how the industry is ripping everyone off?

Virago
17th April 2010, 12:04
( Cynically ) why hasnt anyone on this threaed complained about the price of alcohol and how the industry is ripping everyone off?

1) - All drinks to be served at cost. Any sort of profit margin is a rip-off. The outlet should be run as a non-profit organisation, preferably importing cheaper booze directly.

2) - Free high-quality food should be supplied as part of the good standard of service.

3) - Free transport home (to anywhere in NZ), which should include free trailering of bikes, for those too legless to ride.

4) - For those too legless to stand, free 5-star accommodation should be available.

Have I forgotten anything Robert...? :p

Smifffy
17th April 2010, 12:31
actually IMO if you geniuses want to run an allegory to the other thread, it should be more along the lines of:

"You say you want magazines & big screens everywhere - don't you know how much those cost, and will eat into our profit margin? We might not make a profit in our first month or two, particularly if we have to get resource consent to make the ladies loos bigger, wah wah wah.

Then a big explanation of what the mark up on beer & food is, along with projected turnover, and so on and so forth.

Oh we wanted attractive bar staff too - so you need to mention the going rate in hollywood for hired eye candy.

Oh yeah, the price of drinks in most NZ pubs is not double what you could expect to pay overseas, in fact often less.

Hope that helps.

Robert Taylor
17th April 2010, 12:51
1) - All drinks to be served at cost. Any sort of profit margin is a rip-off. The outlet should be run as a non-profit organisation, preferably importing cheaper booze directly.

2) - Free high-quality food should be supplied as part of the good standard of service.

3) - Free transport home (to anywhere in NZ), which should include free trailering of bikes, for those too legless to ride.

4) - For those too legless to stand, free 5-star accommodation should be available.

Have I forgotten anything Robert...? :p

It was on my account a mischievous post but given the slagging that many give the motorycle industry on this site ( much of it justified but much of it also not ) I just couldnt resist it!!!

its funny how past events stick in your mind and in your gullet. I can well recall being in a pub on a Friday night ( rare for me ) and I saw one of our customers having a grand old time, buying lots of beer over the bar, at bar prices.

Lo and behold that same customer came into our shop on the Monday morning and wanted a price on a tyre. He grizzled about the price of the tyre and also wanted extended credit on it. To which my business partner retorted you didnt grizzle about the price of beer on Friday night and I dont think you get credit at a pub.

I think theres a little bit of a message in that.

Conquiztador
17th April 2010, 13:11
The things I have been considering would make for a good biker spot are (apart from stuff that has already been mentioned here like sealed parking, bands, beer etc):
- Secure storage for bike. If I was to get too drunk to ride and took a Taxi home, I would love to be able to do so in the knowledge that my girl is where I left her.
- Baby sitting service. That's right! A place where you could go with your lady and the kids, have something to eat, have some time together, then be able to leave the kids in a secure childcare/crache where the kiddies would be looked after while you would party on.
- Late night good food! I am talking 3am stuff here!
- Suppliers/shops could run their thingy there. The pub would still be open for normal business with the added attraction.
- Themes. So that something would be the focus. This would change making it interesting to go there.
- Changing rooms for bikers where they could get out of their road/wet gear. And as already mentioned; Place to dry it out!
- Basic workshop for DIY'ers. You have ridden a long way and your bike has developed a problem that you can fix. But you need a place better than the roadside to fix it.
- Sale of petrol and oil.
- Memorabilia: T-shirts etc.

george formby
17th April 2010, 13:11
Get The Farm to open a bar & grill. Brilliant road to ride for tarmac riders & great trails for the knobblie's. (So I hear).

MSTRS
17th April 2010, 13:19
Boots'N'Braces in Woodville exists solely for bikers. Utterly brilliant, although parking is limited. I seldom pass without stopping in, yet there's seldom a crowd there. Maybe it was Murray?? He's 'on holiday' ATM, so maybe whoever is running it now will make some changes?

bogan
17th April 2010, 13:20
Get The Farm to open a bar & grill. Brilliant road to ride for tarmac riders & great trails for the knobblie's. (So I hear).

brilliant idea, i suggest ad an MX track in there, perhaps a second storey balcony overlooking it. Pretty much in agreement with everthing else said on here, especially headbangers, and exempting Roberts BS.

Swoop
17th April 2010, 13:56
1) - For those too legless to stand, free 5-star accommodation should be available.
Perhaps some poles set into the floor would be better? Secure the legless biker to the pole so he/she can continue drinking.

The casino has these, but they refer to them as "pokies"...

yungatart
17th April 2010, 14:03
Provide the means to clean visors and safe 'parking' for helmets

Headbanger
17th April 2010, 14:12
( Cynically ) why hasnt anyone on this threaed complained about the price of alcohol and how the industry is ripping everyone off?

Because we are happy with the availability and how the price compares to similar purchases in other markets.

There is a message in there for ya.

Mudfart
17th April 2010, 14:13
the rangiriri pub and hotel is biker friendly.
Its about 10 mins before huntly if your heading south, on your left. A big ass 100 year old white building.
If you are in time for lunch, then go for the rango burger, its a monster.
If its dinner, (which I recommend), then you must either have the ribs, or the lamb shanks. And the desserts are really big and yummy too.
Its a lot of meal for a little coin.
Ive lived in sth auckland, north shore, $10 tauranga, te puke and now in nth waikato, and its easily the best eatery ive been to.

Headbanger
17th April 2010, 14:14
I think theres a little bit of a message in that.

You no longer wanted his custom?

Well then, You won't complain when he buys elsewhere, like overseas where they probably wouldn't be retarded enough to spy on customers and then try and humiliate them with the info.

Customer Service, Kiwi Style.

Crasherfromwayback
17th April 2010, 14:28
( Cynically ) why hasnt anyone on this threaed complained about the price of alcohol and how the industry is ripping everyone off?

Cause their fucking beer will be warm by the time it gets here from o'seas even with air freight!

Virago
17th April 2010, 14:30
Cause their fucking beer will be warm by the time it gets here from o'seas even with air freight!

Perhaps they could take it to their local pub, and swap it for a cold one (free of charge)?

Crasherfromwayback
17th April 2010, 14:34
Perhaps they could take it to their local pub, and swap it for a cold one (free of charge)?

I'm sure plenty would try! Still...unlike the bloody Aussies...at least our bottles stores don't charge more for 'cold' beer!

Headbanger
17th April 2010, 14:44
I'm sure plenty would try! Still...unlike the bloody Aussies...at least our bottles stores don't charge more for 'cold' beer!


I liked the system, If they weren't going straight into the gut then buy the warm ones, waste of time buying chilled beer if it was going to be warm before you got to drink it.

Little Miss Trouble
17th April 2010, 14:48
The likes of The Puhoi, Bar Africa in Albany and Drivers Bar down here in Tauranga do a pretty good job of it, friendly staff, good basic food and well priced drinks.

Maha
17th April 2010, 14:51
The likes of The Puhoi, Bar Africa in Albany and Drivers Bar down here in Tauranga do a pretty good job of it, friendly staff, good basic food and well priced drinks.

Like the sign at Puhoi that reads ' If our service doesn't meet you standards, lower your standards'.

Little Miss Trouble
17th April 2010, 15:21
Like the sign at Puhoi that reads ' If our service doesn't meet you standards, lower your standards'.

Different strokes for different folks, while you and I (and probably alot of others) find that rather amusing there will no doubt be others that find it offensive.

MSTRS
17th April 2010, 15:32
Different strokes for different folks, while you and I (and probably alot of others) find that rather amusing there will no doubt be others that find it offensive.

That sort don't belong there, then. One could only hope they leave. And good riddance to them...

Mom
17th April 2010, 15:36
That sort don't belong there, then. One could only hope they leave. And good riddance to them...

Rod Seymour would sometimes take one look at you and throw you out of the pub. Did not even have to do or say anything, if he did not like the look of you - Out you went. He had one of those potty mouths that is so bad it ceaces to shock. The stories are legendary.

MSTRS
17th April 2010, 15:40
Was that a case of the customer having too high, or too low, standards?

Tink
17th April 2010, 15:53
A cloak room where you can shed wet leathers/cordura and get it dry in winter, kind of like a ski lodge.

Also lots of outside seating for summer (thats what makes Puhoi so good).

Oh, and topless waitresses ;-) MMMM if there is topless waitresses, I want men with minimal leather... on their feet. lol


Loud as hell Jukebox full of metal cd's.

Beer aint shit without Motorhead crankin.

Otherwise I'm completely indifferent to my surroundings, Don't need any special treatment.

Cold beer, something to lean on, Heavy Metal.



And killer bands on Friday and Saturday night. Ye bands is always good, thats where the Kentish in Waiuku is good, some subtle out door rock music, don't think I could handle cranking metalhead stuff...



Most of us would have visited a pub or two that is "biker friendly". In some cases this only means that they allow us to have our leathers on. In other cases this extends to parking, greetings and even a drink on the house.

With our combined knowledge of what bikers REALLY want from a pub I recon we could design the perfect one.

So, what should a Biker Pub REALLY look like?

Oh and, trade is welcome to add their view here. But try to be positive. please...

I like the idea of one on the desert road ... somewhere ya can fill up in all capacities, catch up with mates from Wellington, Taupo, BOP, etc.. pool tables, mmmm another Puhoi basically... in the middle of no where. Cause ya have to ride to get there... !

Crasherfromwayback
17th April 2010, 15:55
I liked the system, If they weren't going straight into the gut then buy the warm ones, waste of time buying chilled beer if it was going to be warm before you got to drink it.

Problem being...when I'm buying beer it's normally for the here and now

Maha
17th April 2010, 16:27
I like the idea of one on the desert road ... somewhere ya can fill up in all capacities, catch up with mates from Wellington, Taupo, BOP, etc.. pool tables, mmmm another Puhoi basically... in the middle of no where. Cause ya have to ride to get there... !

The pic I put on post #2 is the kind of Pub of which you speak. The road there is amazing.
When we got there, we knocked on the door, some female came to the door, still in her PJ's bottom and said ''yeah''?....''um can we get something to eat and drink''? ...''gimme 20 mins''!
We waited and waited, and then went in, by then there were two or three others inside. We asked about food and she said '' not today, a bag of chippies or nuts will have to do''.
either that or ride on to Parongahau, which we did, yet and cool pub!

Big Dave
17th April 2010, 16:34
On a quiet evening, if you stop and listen to the wind at Puhoi you can still hear the Banjos a strumming.

spacemonkey
17th April 2010, 16:45
Rod Seymour would sometimes take one look at you and throw you out of the pub. Did not even have to do or say anything, if he did not like the look of you - Out you went. He had one of those potty mouths that is so bad it ceaces to shock. The stories are legendary.

Yep I remember one winters day watching him chasing some poor bugger round and round the bar.
With a freaking AXE!!! :shit:

Mom
17th April 2010, 16:55
Yep I remember one winters day watching him chasing some poor bugger round and round the bar.
With a freaking AXE!!! :shit:

:laugh: Yepper, he was a character for sure. His wife Dulcie was a hoot too! Big drinker, small woman. Ah them were the days :D

yungatart
17th April 2010, 17:00
The pic I put on post #2 is the kind of Pub of which you speak. The road there is amazing.
When we got there, we knocked on the door, some female came to the door, still in her PJ's bottom and said ''yeah''?....''um can we get something to eat and drink''? ...''gimme 20 mins''!
We waited and waited, and then went in, by then there were two or three others inside. We asked about food and she said '' not today, a bag of chippies or nuts will have to do''.
either that or ride on to Parongahau, which we did, yet and cool pub!
That was classic, eh?
Country pub, country hospitality.....nah!

onearmedbandit
17th April 2010, 17:52
I'm sure plenty would try! Still...unlike the bloody Aussies...at least our bottles stores don't charge more for 'cold' beer!

Maybe they were charging less for the warm beer.

Crasherfromwayback
17th April 2010, 18:27
Maybe they were charging less for the warm beer.

Maybe. But if that's the case (scuse the pun), it wasn't cheap regardless

george formby
17th April 2010, 18:51
This thread has reminded me of a stag do I attended at a very isolated pub on the Black Isle in Scotland. I was attending my best mates do with about 30 others, we all camped in the field beside the pub. Much to our suprise & delight another group of bikers turned up for another stag do, with a band! It was a family outfit, father & two son's, they played blue's & rock for about 6 hours until the drummer collapsed. The publican was really layed back, the nearest cop was miles away, bar closed about 5am & prior to that you could do whatever you wanted in the pub. My first introduction to this was seeing a guy rolling up in the pool room at 3pm, turned out to be the barman. The only blight on a hilarious night was some poor sod who had his tent pinched off the back of his bike.

BIG DOUG
17th April 2010, 20:35
Peter and Michelle who run the manakau pub just south of levin are bikers and I have spent a few good nights there,good food and atmoshere and they have done a lot to the place which makes it worth stopping there.

Big Dave
18th April 2010, 09:47
I think the thread shows that pretty much any establishment will do the job.

The Patrons are the deciding factor.

Big Dave
18th April 2010, 09:49
Maybe they were charging less for the warm beer.

Nah - it's just a rort.

Booze is a lot more expensive over the dutch too. Taxed by 3 levels of government.
4 if you count the sales premises' council rates.

Hinny
18th April 2010, 10:11
... we all camped in the field beside the pub. ...
Sounds like the Kaukapakapa pub.

Maha
18th April 2010, 10:20
I think the thread shows that pretty much any establishment will do the job.

The Patrons are the deciding factor.

So I can now arrange for a biker stop at Langhams on Symonds st?

The Pastor
18th April 2010, 15:26
I like the idea of a sheltered work area - don't need no tools supplied but one of those work platform to elevate the bike and some tie downs would help.

Sale of oil, fuel and break fluid would be great.

a burnout pad would be awesome, maybe a cheap burnout bike to use as well :D

the gear room idea is good as well, but security issues

the lock up storage for a bike is a good idea too

but the most important out of all of them is CHEAP BEER! like i mean $4 pints!

things like with every 5 beers purchased you get a bowl of chips for free,

a fire in winter

basic cheap accommodation - a stretcher or something

pool tables and dart boards

music? nah don't need it

Tv? dont need it

bogan
18th April 2010, 15:33
Looks like the perfect biker bar is sounding more and more like an FMX compound :D did I mention that would be totally awesome!

Big Dave
18th April 2010, 18:10
So I can now arrange for a biker stop at Langhams on Symonds st?

Don't know it - guessing it's the gay side of town? put 100 bikers in it - it will change pretty quick.

Maha
18th April 2010, 18:12
Don't know it - guessing it's the gay side of town? put 100 bikers in it - it will change pretty quick.

So you do know it?

EJK
18th April 2010, 18:16
Just give extra chips. Yum.

Big Dave
18th April 2010, 19:17
So you do know it?

No - you're just that predictable.

scracha
18th April 2010, 19:44
First rule of a decent pub, it has to be ran by a Pom, Paddy or Jock.

Robert Taylor
18th April 2010, 21:27
Because we are happy with the availability and how the price compares to similar purchases in other markets.

There is a message in there for ya.

Do you know what the markups are on alcohol? That might be interesting.

Robert Taylor
18th April 2010, 21:39
You no longer wanted his custom?

Well then, You won't complain when he buys elsewhere, like overseas where they probably wouldn't be retarded enough to spy on customers and then try and humiliate them with the info.

Customer Service, Kiwi Style.
No he bought off us but it amazes me that if he asked for a discount on tyres wht didnt he also ask for a discount on alcohol?????

Spying? What are you on about? Maybe you misconstrue, if a retail customer goes straight to the manufacturer in another country the enquiry is then forwarded to the relevant appointed distributor in the country where the enquiry came from, for that distributor to answer as the manufacturer appointed distributor responsible for that market.
That is common practice in many industries and the business world. It happened when I worked for the Yamaha distributor, it happens with Race Tech and it happens with Ohlins. But three examples.

Robert Taylor
18th April 2010, 21:42
Perhaps they could take it to their local pub, and swap it for a cold one (free of charge)?

Ive seen people cheekily try that with boots and helmets etc that theyve bought overseas and they dont fit. They just dont get it that they cannot ''have their cake and eat it too''

Robert Taylor
18th April 2010, 21:49
Anyway, off topic. But Id be really interested to know the typical markups on alcohol? Its also a little perverse how being a captive market the prices get jacked up at certain events / functions and you cant byo. If other industries jack up their markups theres an outcry.
Why is criticism often so selective?

eelracing
18th April 2010, 23:30
If other industries jack up their markups theres an outcry.
Why is criticism often so selective?

Coz booze has been helping kiwis get laid since 1868...well us ugly ones anyway:drinknsin

Headbanger
18th April 2010, 23:52
Anyway, off topic. But Id be really interested to know the typical markups on alcohol?
Why is criticism often so selective?

Divide the capacity of a keg into (NZ) pint sized units, Multiply that total by $5. Even if they paid full retail for the keg there is still plenty of fat.

I'd imagine there would be more beer related criticism on a beer forum, This one happens to be a bike forum, hence people voice bike related opinions.

And having had a quick look into it.

Keg holds 50 liters
Average pint sold in NZ is 440ml
112 drinks to a keg.
$5 a pint

$550 give or take.

Tank
19th April 2010, 15:42
the perfect biker pub would have special parking for hyosungs.

jim.cox
19th April 2010, 16:17
Rule One: No Poofters

Robert Taylor
19th April 2010, 18:16
Divide the capacity of a keg into (NZ) pint sized units, Multiply that total by $5. Even if they paid full retail for the keg there is still plenty of fat.

I'd imagine there would be more beer related criticism on a beer forum, This one happens to be a bike forum, hence people voice bike related opinions.

And having had a quick look into it.



Keg holds 50 liters
Average pint sold in NZ is 440ml
112 drinks to a keg.
$5 a pint

$550 give or take.

Cheers, it would be interesting ( beyond your quick analysis ) to see what the actual figures are on bar prices, across a selection of popular tap beers.

imdying
19th April 2010, 18:38
Average pint sold in NZ is 440ml When did a pint stop being a measure in the imperial system and start being a reduced (what a surprise) arbitrary figure?? Rip off wankers.

HenryDorsetCase
19th April 2010, 18:48
If they are topless how would they carry the drinks etc?? You know with no arms and stuff :scratch:. I dont get it.... Can they even survive with out a top half?

staple a tray to where the torso used to be. sorted. another triumph for the "ideas group"

Headbanger
19th April 2010, 19:10
When did a pint stop being a measure in the imperial system and start being a reduced (what a surprise) arbitrary figure?? Rip off wankers.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/marketing/news/article.cfm?c_id=14&objectid=10633198




"There's no such thing as a pint," he said. "It's a colloquial rather than a recognised measure. We're in metrics, have been for quite some time, so there is no such thing as a pint measure.
"Normally your most appropriate measure would be a handle and there are different-sized handles, so what you see is what you get.

Headbanger
19th April 2010, 19:14
When is a pint not a pint? When it's served at the Cock & Bull in Ellerslie. "As a regular drinker at the C & B, I noticed the new glasses straight away. This pub has always maintained it serves beer in a full pint glass - and the old glasses were exactly that (568ml for the metric folk). The new glasses are smaller. Not so small that most people will notice the difference - but a clear 40ml smaller, nonetheless. It's not a pint! Has the price dropped to account for the smaller glasses? Of course not. And when $8 is being charged for this 'pint' that isn't, that's 56c I'm being ripped off by for every non-pint that is being sold as a pint."

Fuck me, what sort of a queer pays $8 for a glass of beer?

98tls
19th April 2010, 19:18
Anyway, off topic. But Id be really interested to know the typical markups on alcohol? Its also a little perverse how being a captive market the prices get jacked up at certain events / functions and you cant byo. If other industries jack up their markups theres an outcry.
Why is criticism often so selective?

Just as off topic,jesus as about as off topic as it can get but i took the first steps into replacing my tired old gnashers today and first went to a denture tech,bugger me $1400 for a couple of bits of plastic (whatever),stab in the dark i reckon the actual cost of would be $2-300.

nosebleed
19th April 2010, 20:01
the perfect biker pub would have special parking for hyosungs.

"Burnout Pad" has been mentioned a couple of times already.

nosebleed
19th April 2010, 20:02
First rule of a decent pub, it has to be ran by a Pom, Paddy or Jock.

Taff's can't do pubs?

zealchick
19th April 2010, 21:00
And topless waiters for the gilrs :-)


A cloak room where you can shed wet leathers/cordura and get it dry in winter, kind of like a ski lodge.

Also lots of outside seating for summer (thats what makes Puhoi so good).

Oh, and topless waitresses ;-)

spacemonkey
19th April 2010, 21:15
Well it already has a liquor license......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Businesses-for-sale/Tourism-hospitality/Restaurants-bars-cafes/auction-284961473.htm

98tls
19th April 2010, 21:17
And topless waiters for the gilrs :-)

Why not topless waitresses for the girls?much more fun.

Robert Taylor
19th April 2010, 21:50
Fuck me, what sort of a queer pays $8 for a glass of beer?

Around $12 per 8oz glass hotel prices in Sweden

Conquiztador
19th April 2010, 22:00
Around $12 per 8oz glass hotel prices in Sweden
They earn double to what we do here so...

Conquiztador
19th April 2010, 22:04
Well it already has a liquor license......

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Businesses-for-sale/Tourism-hospitality/Restaurants-bars-cafes/auction-284961473.htm


Potential... Is that in Wellington?

spacemonkey
19th April 2010, 22:09
Yeah I think it's somewhere up Whitemans valley in Upper Hutt.

imdying
19th April 2010, 22:41
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/marketing/news/article.cfm?c_id=14&objectid=10633198Dirty bastards!

Around $12 per 8oz glass hotel prices in SwedenWhat is it, magic beer?!? What's a Harvey Wallbanger, $43?!?

sinfull
19th April 2010, 22:42
Boots'N'Braces in Woodville exists solely for bikers. Utterly brilliant, although parking is limited. I seldom pass without stopping in, yet there's seldom a crowd there. Maybe it was Murray?? He's 'on holiday' ATM, so maybe whoever is running it now will make some changes? Shit you aint been there for a while have ya !!! Baaaaabara


I want men with minimal leather... on their feet. lol

! Do you have a foot fetish ??


Cheers, it would be interesting ( beyond your quick analysis ) to see what the actual figures are on bar prices, across a selection of popular tap beers.


Around $12 per 8oz glass hotel prices in Sweden Between $6 and $8 per bottle of Heineken ! where you can buy it (on special) at new world for $18 a doz (now and then, as they do now and then) so well over 200%
If it wasn't for the tiedown i'd buy a pub ! (wanna borrow me a mill ?)

chrisso
21st April 2010, 22:43
Gday. obviously this pub needs a name- may I suggest ''SMIDSEYS''
-as in ;;Sorry Mate I Didnt See You''................no car drivers allowed in this pub needless to say