The Grandpont Arms (Free House)
Edith Road, Oxford
Duncan Parkes updates:
The small Hall's plaque on the wall is the only evidence there was once a
pub here. Image
(2012-10-28)
Previously:
Banks's Bitter GBP 1.70
Guinness GBP 2.10
Strongbow GBP 2.26 (6.i.98)
"Last night was busy, and if there's a half-decent night tomorrow that'll
make up for a bad night like... tonight. But we were quite busy in the
four weeks running up to Christmas."
Possibly it was a case of finding it on a quiet night, but I was struck by
how deathly quiet it was. The pair of us doubled the clientele, until a
good bit later when two locals came in. An earringed youth popped through
from the Newbury bar to the lounge (a bit seventies, wooden panelling,
bright blue seating, odd browny-yellow-black psychedelic formica tables)
and played on the one-armed bandit for a bit then went away again. The
most original bits of it are the wooden Ireland hanging on the wall
beneath a pair of crossed hurleys, and a reverse clock behind the bar.
It's got two fonts on the bar each for Harp Irish Lager and Guinness, one
or two other lagers and a single keg of bitter (Banks's), and most of the
regulars drink their bitter from bottles. (7.i.98)