The Sugar Loaf (JD Wetherspoon), Market Harborough

Fairly typical long, thin but small ‘spoons conversion, short tables and chairs as you enter, tall ones and booths opposite the gently curving counter running for about halfway down the left side a third of the way in, nice dark wood panelling and old photos. There are a few odd raised bits by the front. At the back, past the ground floor toilets, is a semi separate room. Very odd above head height with all manner of big pipes and metal roof struts making the counter look a bit out of place, it’s a single storey place in a three storey building. In fact the counter looks old and may be a rescue from a much, much larger pub especially if this is just half or even a quarter of the original. It does retain an older six plus eight hand pull layout with big and small T-Bars in between and at the ends. Just the unholy trinity plus one festival beer at one end and the usual three again plus three festival beers at the other. It’s also one of those spoons where tribes of teenagers wander in and out at random times.

Actually one of the better looking Spoons I've visited over the years, a nice exterior and a longish slightly curving interior of three areas not in the usual canteen style. of course the usual suspect beers were present along with four or five guests of mostly local origin, I went for Grainstore Tupping which was fine, NBSS 3. Unlike most Spoons I would probably call in again if back in town, which is not that probable.

Attractive looking exterior containing a fairly bijou JDW within, three areas stacked one behind the other. Some nice dark wooden features including an ecclesiastical box, bar upper and set of booths. Four guests listed though the Jaipur was off. Leeds Midnight Bell was a tidy substitute (NBSS 3.5) and justified the GBG listing.