The Ye Olde Foundry, Dudley

Still a "rock" pub. I have always liked this pub but I hadn't been in for a few years. Castle Rock Harvest Pale and Sharps Atlantic on offer. The Harvest Pale was fine.

This is a corner pub with patio area. It is a 1920/30s rebuild - i think due to road widening - replacing an earlier pub then called the Coach & Horses. The pub is in undressed brick, and has Dutch gables, with moulded stone around the Roman entrances and has the crest of a foundryman above the main doorway. The interior run all around the central island serving bar. Technically open plan, it is divided-up where the old rooms would have been. White and green feature heavily, including a green mural wall, and there is some patterned wallpaper. There is a wood floor. It is a rock pub, but the music was general and at a decent level. The TV was not on. A few old photos are on the walls, as is a dart board, although you would have to move the furniture a bit. The service was OK and the clientele were local. Beer; usual tap stuff with a fairly dull Green King IPA and Pedigree on handpull. Uninspiring beer and a rather uninspiring place. One for the locals.