90 Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield

The former Los Banditos has lost its faux-Mexican theme and is now a regular modern high-street bar of no particular note. More importantly to me on my mid-evening visit, it now only serves brunch, etc. No real ale of course, and a rather limited and dull keg selection, so I bought a perfunctory Shipyard Pale Ale (£2.00, half) before moving on.

Now called 90 Boldmere.

An uninspiring unoriginal faux-Mexican bar/diner in a former bank premises, cliché-ridden and drab, offering all the fiesta fun of a funeral on a Friday. No real ale, just a few bottled beers with the appeal of a cactus enema or a plague-infected pinata.  The walls are graffitied brick, the floors bare wood, the furniture like the waiting area of a Croatian knocking shop.  Great if you like second-rate meat masquerading as the sort of food most Mexicans couldn’t afford or Prosecco cocktails, but I’ll give this Juan a miss.