The Cornmarket, Liverpool

Built in 1796, you could quite easily walk past the Cornmarket without noticing the pub was there. There are two entrances down two side streets. The main room features carved wood panelling from the Reina Del Pacifico liner which sailed from Liverpool to South America. The pub was a favourite haunt of ship's captains and Blue funnel staff from the nearby India Buildings. The pub still retains a conservative ambiance, staff are very friendly and the pub has a relaxing atmosphere. Food is served hot buffet style at lunchtime, four ales on handpump on our visit. I went for Milk Street Brewery Cobble Wobble.

Large, long, thinnish Victorian style pub in Liverpool’s commercial district, decorated in high 1890s style with lots of dark wood, cut glass, and small open booths with bench seating. The walls are treated in more 1990s style with a tobacco coloured ragrolled finish complete with mottos which is rather dated these days. There are two handpumps, clips for Black Sheep Bitter and Jennings Cumberland were reversed on this occasion although on previous visits the ale has been well kept, the pub used to be in the GBG some years ago. The keg offering offers no surprises except Tetleys Dark Mild which was a reasonable alternative to the lack of cask ale. Toilets are doorstairs in a basement and there is an upper floor which I have never explored. An organisation called the Ocean Nestorium Association appears to meet here regularly.