The Organ Grinder, Nottingham

Typical Blue Monkey ale house style pub, formerly the “Lord something” as the front tells us (Nelson according to WhatPub). Seven Blue Monkey beers on pulls plus a selection of well known kegs. Laminate rather than board floors, standard dark blue painted woodwork it’s a little tidier than some of their estate. Normal Covid rules well enforced with added temperature check, only my second in a pub.

I'm sure this used to be a coffee shop only. Bar in the middle with a good selection of Monkey ales. However, only one rather weak pale ale was on offer, which was a shame. Still definitely worth a revisit.

This is a bit different as the pub doesn't open until 12:00 but the coffee side of it opens at 09:00. There doesn't seem to be any partition so presumably this means they don't sell alcohol until 12:00. It does retain a coffee shop style to an extent with some tall stools along a narrow shelf by one of the front windows. It's basically a modernised L shaped single room that on my visit was showing the six nations. There appeared to be some sort of garden at the rear. I only counted seven hand pumps all of which had Blue Monkey beers. I went for the Infinity (£3.10) which was excellent. Well worth a visit.