The Butter Cross (JD Wetherspoon), Nottingham

I first visited this pub when it was called the Crown Inn. This was a rough and ready drinkers pub that was a Bass tied house,i have been in this pub on a few occasions under this name,things have changed quite a lot since my last visit here. The Butter Cross is a newly opened Spoons which is on Binghams market place. Once inside there was a smallish bar by Spoons standards to the front right,the left side was carpeted and had comfortable looking chairs and pine tables,the room goes back quite a way and opens out a bit at the rear,this is where familys with children were dining. There were 10 pumps on the bar but most of these had foreign beers on leaving me with a choice of three beers,i had a drink of Titanic Captain Smith which was a nice drink,the other beers i noted were Butter Cross bitter brewed by Nottingham brewery,Abbot and Ruddles best. The pub was very busy on my mid Saturday afternoon visit. I thought this was a decent conversion from an old pub and it seemed a bit lighter and airy than most Spoons i have been in. Pub first visited as the Crown Inn 15/10/1983 Latest visit 6/4/2013