The Ainsbury Micro Pub, Bradford

Yes, this is a micro-pub, but the bar really is tiny (and crammed early on a Friday evening). Thankfully, there are three tables in the small upstairs room, but even getting up there (once I had got close enough to the titchy counter to order a pint) is a challenge. With four of the five handpumps in use, I found the local Saltaire Blonde plus a couple from Little Critters - Session Pale (£4.00) and Vanilla Chinchilla Porter - and Boss Man's Brew from Phoenix.

Tiny corner micro pub with a ground floor of about 8 foot square plus the counter and servery. Two windows each with a bench seat, table and some stools, there’s more seating upstairs but there was a private function on up there so no exploring not even for a toilet break. Three pulls serving beers plus one with cider, all Yorkshire beers on my visit from the North and West Ridings although the clip collection shows a slightly wider catchment area, north to Hartlepool and south to Lincoln. Two reasonable European keg beers and a keg cider, there must be boxed cider somewhere as another 7 are listed on the black board, there are two big blackboards showing the beer and cider choices and there’s a range of spirits available. Usual friendly micro atmosphere and good beer quality.

Official site of The Ainsbury Micro Pub - www.ukmicropubs.co.uk

Official site of The Ainsbury Micro Pub - www.ukmicropubs.co.uk