The Picture House (JD Wetherspoon), Stafford

The Picture House is a very impressed old converted cinema. The Mosaic floored foyer still houses the old circular ticket booth in between left and right entrances that lead to a large split-level interior that descends to the bar counter that runs across the rear wall. This supports standard and premium keg alongside two banks of six hand pumps. During my midweek evening visit these were drawing Salopian’s Darwin’s Origin, Goddard’s Fuggle Dee Dum, Lymestone Brewery’s Lymestone Cowboy, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Ruddles, GK Abbot Ale and Cairngorm’s Wildcat. Looking back across the split-level seating back up towards the entrance from the bar I think gives the best views of the arched roof and décor. This place is certainly worth a look, and it is very evident why Wetherspoons have put the Butler’s Bell up for sale rather than this pub.

due to open 22/09/20