The Bear, Bridgnorth

This is a Q-pub, looking like a traditional pub from the outside but on the inside is what's known in Newcastle as a “haircut bar” , because you go there to show off your expensive, trendy haircut. One side of the pub has a counter bearing all keg founts the other has four handpumps and some Guinness, I was as impressed by the beer as I was by the décor. It seems popular for eating as well as posing, all the tables are permanently set. There is a beer garden at the back which may give some relief from those bloody fairy lit twigs.

From the picture it may look like two pubs next door to each other, it isnt, its one pub over the two buildings, the bar being in the larger, the lounge in the smaller. White and chocolate brown exterior, with beer patio. The rooms are the modern plain wall with arty pictures used sparingly, fake black beams, twigs in some buckets with fairy lights on (whats that all about?) and a mix of the same brown sofas you see everywhere else and tables and chairs. There was little in the way of clientele; one chap eating what looked to be a good portion of Sunday Roast, anothe rperched at the bar. The guy behind the bar was friendly enough Beer wise; usual tosh, with Wyre Valley HPA, Hobgoblin and GK IPA. The Hobgoblin was ok. Another traditional pub - it was when i last visited some 12 years ago - murdered on the interior with the sofa look. Too many decent pubs in Bridgnorth to waste on uninspiring places - may pop in once in several trips.