Star pub & carvery, Manchester Road

[bumba]

Bank Parade, shame the loom has stopped doing
Food though

Didn't know they'd stopped food, is it just a bar now then?

[Poulton-le-Claret]

As an aside, how good would it for our beer at the turf to be local craft beer. I wouldn’t mind paying a bit more if it were supporting local jobs.

Is it not already about £6 for a pint of lager on the Turf now? I am all for some local beers on, but I think the price only needs to go one way

[blatherwickstattoos]

Didn't know they'd stopped food, is it just a bar now then?

Yeah mate. A lot of places struggling atm. Burnley looks like it could be heading a bit like Blackburn with pubs shutting down all over

[TheFamilyCat]

Yeah mate. A lot of places struggling atm. Burnley looks like it could be heading a bit like Blackburn with pubs shutting down all over

No doubt to be followed by thousands of people who didn't drink in them bemoaning it.

[CoolClaret]

Hopefully with a (much needed) change of government, the average family will have more disposable income in their pockets and pubs/restaurants etc will start to thrive once again.

[Goliath]

No doubt to be followed by thousands of people who didn't drink in them bemoaning it.

Higher prices, less disposable income.

[Raconteur]

Bank Parade, shame the loom has stopped doing
Food though

Do you DJ down that area pal?

[jrgbfc]

Was surprised the Loom stopped doing food, always seemed busy when i was there. Seriously grim times for the pub trade at the moment.
It feels like barely anybody under the age of 35 goes out drinking anymore.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Do you DJ down that area pal?

Yes mate last Saturday (usually) of every month in the circus cafe lounge

[blatherwickstattoos]

Hopefully with a (much needed) change of government, the average family will have more disposable income in their pockets and pubs/restaurants etc will start to thrive once again.

Exactly this. The price of beer at wholesalers has gone up loads. Just pricing the working class out of going out like they once did.

[Raconteur]

Yes mate last Saturday (usually) of every month in the circus cafe lounge

Cheers for that. Might have a trip down.

[NewClaret]

Is it not already about £6 for a pint of lager on the Turf now? I am all for some local beers on, but I think the price only needs to go one way

Well, they don’t have to put them up of course but I’m sure huge breweries are able to mass produce (****e, in my opinion) lager like San Miguel more cheaply than a local brewery could do pale’s, IPA’s, bitters, etc. and I’d pay more for them personally.

Although I appreciate I don’t get out much so a couple of expensive pints on a Saturday doesn’t kill me and others may just stay in the pubs, most of which do have other decent craft beers.

[nil_desperandum]

Seriously grim times for the pub trade at the moment.
It feels like barely anybody under the age of 35 goes out drinking anymore.

This is the point.
We can blame the cost of living crisis to an extent, but the trend away from drinking at pubs has been happening for many years now, and not just drinking at pubs, drinking alcohol in general.
There's been a huge cultural change with large numbers of under 35s, (and even under 45s) not drinking alcohol, or only drinking it very occasionally.
I don't think that it's just down to cost.

[Swizzlestick]

This is the point.
We can blame the cost of living crisis to an extent, but the trend away from drinking at pubs has been happening for many years now, and not just drinking at pubs, drinking alcohol in general.
There's been a huge cultural change with large numbers of under 35s, (and even under 45s) not drinking alcohol, or only drinking it very occasionally.
I don't think that it's just down to cost.

All true. The younger lads and lasses who’ve joined our work recently either drink sparingly or don’t drink at all. A lot save up to go to big events like festivals.

[Goliath]

All true. The younger lads and lasses who’ve joined our work recently either drink sparingly or don’t drink at all. A lot save up to go to big events like festivals.

Sensible. Why spend all of your disposable income on going to the same miserable pubs every weekend.
Save it and do something better with it, go and live abroad , go to festivals etc. I'm not sure the pub culture was a good thing.

[Swizzlestick]

Sensible. Why spend all of your disposable income on going to the same miserable pubs every weekend.
Save it and do something better with it, go and live abroad , go to festivals etc. I'm not sure the pub culture was a good thing.

While people drinking less alcohol is generally a good thing, not all pubs are miserable. Some put in a real effort both in terms of the ambiance and the drinks on offer (as the aforementioned Loom do in my experience).

[dougcollins]

Yes mate last Saturday (usually) of every month in the circus cafe lounge

Ah, that's you is it. Good work.

[jrgbfc]

Sensible. Why spend all of your disposable income on going to the same miserable pubs every weekend.
Save it and do something better with it, go and live abroad , go to festivals etc. I'm not sure the pub culture was a good thing.

Disagree with this. Pubs are part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives. The way things are going there'll barely be any left in 10 years. Is it really better for everybody to be sat at home watching Netflix?

[Goliath]

Disagree with this. Pubs are part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives. The way things are going there'll barely be any left in 10 years. Is it really better for everybody to be sat at home watching Netflix?

Are they the 2 options..loads of pubs or netflix?
No late night cafes, restaurants/bars etc with much higher quality.
Many pubs serve crap beer, crap food and crap cocktails generally and importantly for the young generation, they look pretty crap too. The world's moving on and doesn't accept rubbish product as easily anymore.

[ClaretTony]

Rather see a Lidl there than a derelict site.

It’s derelict now. The whole building has now been flattened.

[nil_desperandum]

Disagree with this. Pubs are part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives. The way things are going there'll barely be any left in 10 years. Is it really better for everybody to be sat at home watching Netflix?

How do you think Crow wood and the many other fitness gyms thrive if everyone is sat at home watching netflix?
Surely the social interaction at these is just as life enhancing as going to a pub two or three times each week? ... and much better for your health too, ....... and on balance probably cheaper.
Of course there are many other activities that young people enjoy in addition to the gym, and most of them are at least of equal merit to spending an evening sat in a pub. The bottom line is that for a pub to survive in 2024 it has to adapt and be far more than just a waterhole.

[Clovius Boofus]

There will always be well-run pubs.

[Dyched]

Disagree with this. Pubs are part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives. The way things are going there'll barely be any left in 10 years. Is it really better for everybody to be sat at home watching Netflix?

You can't get away with pulling the wool over people eyes these days. There’s a reason why pubs/restaurants close so often is because what they serve is crap. People are far more knowledgable these days in that regard and simply won’t pay for what places try and serve.

Would the new generation of gym goers go to tatty, sweaty, ran down old gyms? No.

Treat people fairly, serve what they are paying for and there’s no issue.

[TheFamilyCat]

Disagree with this. Pubs are part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives. The way things are going there'll barely be any left in 10 years. Is it really better for everybody to be sat at home watching Netflix?

I think you need to put your post in the past tense: pubs were a part of our culture and a big part of people's social lives.

The culture is changing and as a result, pubs are closing.

[karatekid]

It would be nice if the new Lidl offered jobs to the staff of The Star Pub.

[giveusaB]

Update on the old cinema site.


https://www.burnleyexpress.net/business ... dl-4670557

[chipbutty]

Used to go in now and again for a Sunday carvery with Mrs VC and that was normally ok to be fair.

Usually driving so only ever had a beer once when I wasn't (Mayday bank holiday) and yeah the beer wasn't great then

Just a question, why would you go for a carvery at a crap pub. You have said that you were driving, so you could have gone to one of the many decent pubs in this srea

[Goliath]

Just a question, why would you go for a carvery at a crap pub. You have said that you were driving, so you could have gone to one of the many decent pubs in this srea

The one that baffles me is the Rose and Bowl. Really mediocre carvery but everyone seems to rave about it.
Been there once and will never set foot in there again, poor standard food and really outdated decor.
Felt like it was 1998 when I was in there.

[GetIntoEm]

The one that baffles me is the Rose and Bowl. Really mediocre carvery but everyone seems to rave about it.
Been there once and will never set foot in there again, poor standard food and really outdated decor.
Felt like it was 1998 when I was in there.

i agree, dreadful place, i could forgive the decor, but the food is something like my nan would make in 1988

[Vintage Claret]

Just a question, why would you go for a carvery at a crap pub. You have said that you were driving, so you could have gone to one of the many decent pubs in this srea

Simply because it was a convenient location for all our party and we liked the carvery there ( plus it was good vfm at around a tenner which is an important consideration for a 'Syker)

[Goliath]

i agree, dreadful place, i could forgive the decor, but the food is something like my nan would make in 1988

I couldn't believe it was the same place that people bang on about. I could make a comment about Bacup still being in the 1980s but I'll avoid it.

[aggi]

I may be one of the exceptions but I found the Star fine. It wouldn't be my first (or second or third) choice for a night out but for before the match it was pretty convenient with car park, train station, lots of screens, lots of tables and fast bar/food service (so many pubs still seem to struggle with the concept of putting on some extra staff when they're busy).

[dougcollins]

I may be one of the exceptions but I found the Star fine. It wouldn't be my first (or second or third) choice for a night out but for before the match it was pretty convenient with car park, train station, lots of screens, lots of tables and fast bar/food service (so many pubs still seem to struggle with the concept of putting on some extra staff when they're busy).

Exactly. It never claimed to be some gourmet gastropub and it performed its function efficiently.

[mikeS]

The Hollywood Star, Queen Vic and now Molly Rigbys in Padiham is up for sale according to todays Express.
Be no watering holes left soon.
Long letter from Roger Frost in todays Express about the Queen Vic and how poor he thought the pub and food side of the business was.

[GetIntoEm]

Yeah queen Vic food was dreadful also. I'd been in the odd time just for a pint and the service was shocking also, be stood there 10 mins while the staff fanny about doing nothing. I don't have any sympathy for poorly run places. Get what they deserve