True, but Eastern LB Sutton is pretty much functionally part of Greater Croydon, and if we had a dedicated thread about Sutton there’d be about 3 posts a year. So, let us play and treat it as a compliment to the big bad city in the EastI feel like the jack/giant tiered straw trifle has shrunk a bit? Missing a top layer! Maybe it's not been a great year for straw?
This is not Croydon btw
I'm pleasantly surprised to see the number of young'uns who made it out for the day. Anyhow, if you make it to the Hope I'm sat with the missus out back in a blue and white floral print shirt.Likewise Old bloke with beard here...that should narrow it down
Unfortunately have had to duck out before the Hope, but enjoy! Watch out for that 7.5% Eternity stuff they've gotI'm pleasantly surprised to see the number of young'uns who made it out for the day. Anyhow, if you make it to the Hope I'm sat with the missus out back in a blue and white floral print shirt.
Aw I would have been up for that. . . . But as it happens, I wouldn't have been able to as I have damaged my leg.
I love sleeping baby dogsMay Kasahara since you couldn't make it I took a bunch of photos and videos so you can be there in spirit when you are back home and you can have a drink and a sit down.
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The Oval. It's fantastic.Croydonites, please recommend a decent pub near East Croydon station.
Yes yes yesThe Oval. It's fantastic.
Love the Oval.
Is the Builders Arms good? I've never drunk there, but used to deliver their mail, and it looked nice.
I think that was always my go to rather than the Oval. Both being roughly two minutes walk from my house but as the Builders was closer maybe that was the only reason. I never really hung out that much in pubs in Croydon. I've been in there when the Morris dancers came by a couple of times, so I can't have been that much of a stranger. Builders, Cricketers (up the other end of my street), Oval are all decent enough. I used to like the Glamorgan to some extent too.Love the Oval.
Is the Builders Arms good? I've never drunk there, but used to deliver their mail, and it looked nice.
For anyone that cares a basic Smacks cheeseburger is the best on that list but I miss brgr&beer, some local lads that set up a burger restaurant in Matthews Yard many years ago. Their burgers were lush.Move over jay rayner
Croydon’s Super Size Me quest for town centre’s best burger
Croydon’s answer to Morgan Spurlock, KEN TOWL, last week set off to discover where the best burgers are to be found in the town. His harrowing account is a testimony to fortitude and a strong…insidecroydon.com
I have quite a soft spot for the Porter. In the best way, it is a fantastically shit pub Not somewhere you'd arrange to meet new friends for a quiet catch up, but definitely somewhere you might end up with mates enjoying the chaotic vibe.Is the Porter and Sorter bearable?
Used to go there with older colleagues who could properly down Directors; have fallen out of the door on more than one occasion after trying to match them pint for pint.I have quite a soft spot for the Porter. In the best way, it is a fantastically shit pub Not somewhere you'd arrange to meet new friends for a quiet catch up, but definitely somewhere you might end up with mates enjoying the chaotic vibe.
I have not been for years. I used to pop in on the way home from the stations when I absolutely had to have one more beer.Is the Porter and Sorter bearable?