Pubs for the derby

[tamig]

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Tamsons bar was ok last time I went which was a few years ago though.

Still as dark and dingy as ever.

[offshorehibby]

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Tamsons bar was ok last time I went which was a few years ago though.

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Still as dark and dingy as ever.

Best pub on the stree.

[Tambo]

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Still as dark and dingy as ever.

I'm not from Edinburgh so wasn't sure what to expect. Was a little small so don't think many would fit in on a derby night but a nice Hibs pub.

[DIXIHIBS]

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Best pub on the stree.

I knew you'd say that😅😅😅

[WeeRussell]

Chances of getting a table for food around 6pm somewhere like the Mash Tun slim I assume?

Got the missus and wee yin with me tomorrow night and eating before the game... slightly different pre-derby gig for me but would be nice to still incorporate a 'Hibs pub' into the itinerary

I'd thought St. James' centre or Omni for food and a couple of pints might be the sound option but would be a bonus to get the walk to Easter Rd done before stuffing oor faces

[LaMotta]

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I was in it with my wife before the Cove game.
Excellent selection of beers. The pilsner (brewed in Dalkeith) was excellent.

We entered with our tartan hibs scarves and were welcomed to sit at the bar.

I think that they are looking for a different customer to the old Four days. I liked it.

I went in before the Aberdeen game. It was busy and had a fair few Aberdeen fans with colours on. I thought it was decent and pubs need to change if they want people in on a daily basis so can't blame them for doing so.

[linlithgowhibbie]

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Chances of getting a table for food around 6pm somewhere like the Mash Tun slim I assume?

Got the missus and wee yin with me tomorrow night and eating before the game... slightly different pre-derby gig for me but would be nice to still incorporate a 'Hibs pub' into the itinerary

I'd thought St. James' centre or Omni for food and a couple of pints might be the sound option but would be a bonus to get the walk to Easter Rd done before stuffing oor faces

You'd be better/safer in the Persevere at the foot of Easter RD

[LunasBoots]

Elm bar

[CockneyRebel]

I used to use Dizzy Lizzies years and years ago (late 1980s), is it still there/changed name?

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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I used to use Dizzy Lizzies years and years ago (late 1980s), is it still there/changed name?

Now called The Tourmalet.

[Jones28]

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Now called The Tourmalet.

Nice pub that.

[Carheenlea]

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Its turned into a craft beer place and point blank refuses entry and service to anyone wearing anything remotely related to football colours.

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I was in it with my wife before the Cove game.
Excellent selection of beers. The pilsner (brewed in Dalkeith) was excellent.

We entered with our tartan hibs scarves and were welcomed to sit at the bar.

I think that they are looking for a different customer to the old Four days. I liked it.

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I went in before the Aberdeen game. It was busy and had a fair few Aberdeen fans with colours on. I thought it was decent and pubs need to change if they want people in on a daily basis so can't blame them for doing so.

Must admit, it’s sounds like a place I’d quite enjoy.

[LunasBoots]

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Must admit, it’s sounds like a place I’d quite enjoy.

Heard it mentioned it may be shut today...

[WeeRussell]

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You'd be better/safer in the Persevere at the foot of Easter RD

Cheers - booked-in uptown, plenty time to get fed and then down for the Hibees

[.Sean.]

‘Eastway Tap’ ie the old four in hand was totally closed tonight which I found utterly bizarre. Does Paul kane still own it and lease it out?

They’d have made a fortune today but I suppose the new owners are happy to turn down thousands of pounds of free money to keep happy the sockless and half mast trooser wearing clientele they seem to be wanting to attract happy. God forbid their Instagram was tarnished by football supporters

Strikes me as pure snobbery they’d turn their nose up at easy money tonight from the very football supporters who’ve frequented Easter road pubs for years and years. As I said utterly bizarre, how busy can a craft beer boozer on Easter Road be midweek that they’re happy to shut up and turn away hundreds of punters

[660]

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‘Eastway Tap’ ie the old four in hand was totally closed tonight which I found utterly bizarre. Does Paul kane still own it and lease it out?

They’d have made a fortune today but I suppose the new owners are happy to turn down thousands of pounds of free money to keep happy the sockless and half mast trooser wearing clientele they seem to be wanting to attract happy. God forbid their Instagram was tarnished by football supporters

Strikes me as pure snobbery they’d turn their nose up at easy money tonight from the very football supporters who’ve frequented Easter road pubs for years and years. As I said utterly bizarre, how busy can a craft beer boozer on Easter Road be midweek that they’re happy to shut up and turn away hundreds of punters

It’s not free money.

[.Sean.]

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It’s not free money.

Id say money literally pouring into their tills as opposed to being shut is free money?

[Hermit Crab]

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Must admit, it’s sounds like a place I’d quite enjoy.

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Heard it mentioned it may be shut today...

It was closed at half 10 when I drove past after the game. Amateurs, they missed out on a fortune.

[Hermit Crab]

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‘Eastway Tap’ ie the old four in hand was totally closed tonight which I found utterly bizarre. Does Paul kane still own it and lease it out?

They’d have made a fortune today but I suppose the new owners are happy to turn down thousands of pounds of free money to keep happy the sockless and half mast trooser wearing clientele they seem to be wanting to attract happy. God forbid their Instagram was tarnished by football supporters

Strikes me as pure snobbery they’d turn their nose up at easy money tonight from the very football supporters who’ve frequented Easter road pubs for years and years. As I said utterly bizarre, how busy can a craft beer boozer on Easter Road be midweek that they’re happy to shut up and turn away hundreds of punters

The pub is in a working class area, the area is full of jimmys and eileen's who want to guzzle lager and Malibu and coke, not some specially brewed pish with a name like the cow chews grass pale ale or hazelnut hoppy goodness. If they're expecting Barnaby and Beatrice to meander down from Morningside to have a have a few tipples then they better think again. It is pure and utter snobbery of the highest order. Everyone should boycott it on Saturday, plenty other pubs to got to in the area. Percy, Iona, Hibs Club, Mash Tun (pricey) Middletons, Artisan, The Harp, Joe Pearces, and many more. ***** Thum

[NAE NOOKIE]

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The pub is in a working class area, the area is full of jimmys and eileen's who want to guzzle lager and Malibu and coke, not some specially brewed pish with a name like the cow chews grass pale ale or hazelnut hoppy goodness. If they're expecting Barnaby and Beatrice to meander down from Morningside to have a have a few tipples then they better think again. It is pure and utter snobbery of the highest order. Everyone should boycott it on Saturday, plenty other pubs to got to in the area. Percy, Iona, Hibs Club, Mash Tun (pricey) Middletons, Artisan, The Harp, Joe Pearces, and many more. ***** Thum

Slam dunk ... nailed it

Actually when you think about it it's getting harder and harder to find a pub you can get into around ER on big match days considering the number that have closed unless you arrive in the area about two hours before kick off ... me and my mate arrived at around 6:45 and couldn't get in anywhere before heading back to Tamsons and sneaking in a quick one as it emptied around 7:25

When you consider that more than once Ron Gordon has been in the media beating his gums about allowing drinking inside stadiums, it's just a wee bit ironic is it not that the one bar in Edinburgh he owns ( IE Behind the goals ) has been closed for ages and remained closed tonight as the Hibees faithful staggered around Leith looking for somewhere to get a sodding drink

[LunasBoots]

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The pub is in a working class area, the area is full of jimmys and eileen's who want to guzzle lager and Malibu and coke, not some specially brewed pish with a name like the cow chews grass pale ale or hazelnut hoppy goodness. If they're expecting Barnaby and Beatrice to meander down from Morningside to have a have a few tipples then they better think again. It is pure and utter snobbery of the highest order. Everyone should boycott it on Saturday, plenty other pubs to got to in the area. Percy, Iona, Hibs Club, Mash Tun (pricey) Middletons, Artisan, The Harp, Joe Pearces, and many more. ***** Thum

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[.Sean.]

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The pub is in a working class area, the area is full of jimmys and eileen's who want to guzzle lager and Malibu and coke, not some specially brewed pish with a name like the cow chews grass pale ale or hazelnut hoppy goodness. If they're expecting Barnaby and Beatrice to meander down from Morningside to have a have a few tipples then they better think again. It is pure and utter snobbery of the highest order. Everyone should boycott it on Saturday, plenty other pubs to got to in the area. Percy, Iona, Hibs Club, Mash Tun (pricey) Middletons, Artisan, The Harp, Joe Pearces, and many more. ***** Thum

What a post

[Pretty Boy]

Iona was rammed inside and out.

Pints of Tennents that don't cost a fiver, a mad scramble at the bar, bar staff that call a spade a spade and decor that was last updated in 1972. Can't beat it.

I like a craft beer as much as anyone but there is a time and a place. I give the Old Eastway Tap or whatever it's called 6 months max.

[lyonhibs]

Edinburgh's fine line in reverse snobbery alive and well I see. Leith and Easter Road have become infinitely more diverse and, dare I say it, desirable places to live in the past 20-30 years (thank ****) and with that comes evolving tastes. I think it's safe to say the football boozer is not what the Eastway Tap is aiming at as a clientele but it's also perfectly possible to be a person that enjoys a scoop in the Iona on Saturday and a midweek pint or 2 of something a bit more "crafty"

The usual rules of any pub will apply to them - if the beer is *****, the pipes not regularly cleaned, if the service is gash and the food out a microwave it'll not survive.

But fair play to them for starting a hospitality business, especially these days. Leith isn't quite as solely "Jimmy and Eileen" as it once was, and apparently catering to a different crowd has got people's backs up for some weird reason.

[Mon Dieu4]

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Edinburgh's fine line in reverse snobbery alive and well I see. Leith and Easter Road have become infinitely more diverse and, dare I say it, desirable places to live in the past 20-30 years (thank ****) and with that comes evolving tastes. I think it's safe to say the football boozer is not what the Eastway Tap is aiming at as a clientele but it's also perfectly possible to be a person that enjoys a scoop in the Iona on Saturday and a midweek pint or 2 of something a bit more "crafty"

The usual rules of any pub will apply to them - if the beer is *****, the pipes not regularly cleaned, if the service is gash and the food out a microwave it'll not survive.

But fair play to them for starting a hospitality business, especially these days. Leith isn't quite as solely "Jimmy and Eileen" as it once was, and apparently catering to a different crowd has got people's backs up for some weird reason.

I've lived in Leith my whole life and it has always been diverse, I'm 42 and went to primary school with countless Sikhs, Muslims, Eastern European and Black people, if you mean diversity in the sense that the majority of the people I grew up with now can't afford to live here anymore as it's now some kind of hipster south central then you are spot on

[Pretty Boy]

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I've lived in Leith my whole life and it has always been diverse, I'm 42 and went to primary school with countless Sikhs, Muslims, Eastern European and Black people, if you mean diversity in the sense that the majority of the people I grew up with now can't afford to live here anymore as it's now some kind of hipster south central then you are spot on

Yep it's like Edinburgh's answer to Shoreditch.

'Gentrification'. Which generally means pricing the people with familial roots in an area out and congratulating yourself on how much better it is now, not realising you have just decanted the social problems and/or pressure on public services elsewhere. I wonder how much life has improved for people in the banana flats now they have Tom Kitchin and Martin Wishart on the doorstep?

[Since90+2]

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Edinburgh's fine line in reverse snobbery alive and well I see. Leith and Easter Road have become infinitely more diverse and, dare I say it, desirable places to live in the past 20-30 years (thank ****) and with that comes evolving tastes. I think it's safe to say the football boozer is not what the Eastway Tap is aiming at as a clientele but it's also perfectly possible to be a person that enjoys a scoop in the Iona on Saturday and a midweek pint or 2 of something a bit more "crafty"

The usual rules of any pub will apply to them - if the beer is *****, the pipes not regularly cleaned, if the service is gash and the food out a microwave it'll not survive.

But fair play to them for starting a hospitality business, especially these days. Leith isn't quite as solely "Jimmy and Eileen" as it once was, and apparently catering to a different crowd has got people's backs up for some weird reason.

Spoke by someone who doesn't even live in Leith, or Edinburgh for that matter, and has not got a clue what it means in reality.

Pretty Boy's post sums it up perfectly.

[lyonhibs]

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Spoke by someone who doesn't even live in Leith, or Edinburgh for that matter, and has not got a clue what it means in reality.

Pretty Boy's post sums it up perfectly.

Don't worry, growing up 5 minutes from Leith during the period I'm referencing gives me a decent idea of what I'm talking about 😂

[Since90+2]

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Don't worry, growing up 5 minutes from Leith during the period I'm referencing gives me a decent idea of what I'm talking about 😂

How long has it been since you lived here?

[DanishJohn]

Could someone explain to me exactly what a craft beer is ?