The Dog Beck (JD Wetherspoon), Penrith

Converted from a nightclub – who know Penrith ever had one of those? – and is quite tidy although a bit sparse in décor, especially at the entrance, it could do with a bit more homeliness. Notably there’s no Spoons carpet on the ground floor that I could see – now many others are bare? Apparently an upstairs garden area but on a frigid late November evening I didn’t go explore. Just two guests on a Monday evening visit, my Great Corby Lakeland Summit was in good form (NBSS 3.5) so the cloth is cut accordingly I suppose. My pizza was notably good. A well-run Spoons, if one their blandest offerings.