Castle Tavern Steak House!

[Gramaisc]

Sounds more French...

 

[Andreas Rex]

The Tavern was open again when I walked past last night. Looks normal service has been resumed...i.e. still no customers!

 

[basil]

Closed when we drove past last night, any clues as to whats going on?.........

 

[Wyred]

Castle Tavern to be taken over by former employees Scott Smith & John Turney (page 16 Express & Star)

 

[darts22]

Apparently they have taken over the lease from ??????
Owners still Admiral Taverns???

 

[tek-monkey]

I thought Raj owned the castle tavern? No ideawho he would be trading as though!

 

[John Marwood]

ownership


hmmmm


ebay own paypal

the AA is owned by Acromas Holdings who also own SAGA

Myspace is owned by NewsCorp who also own Sky and The News of The World and The Sun and The Times and The Sunday Times

Google own Youtube

erm..

dunno... but it appears most of Stafford is on the market > http://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/search?formName=searchForm&keywords=stafford&newSearch=Start+Search

 

[basil]

Almost 1250 acres of Stafford Borough is owned by the Stanhope Trust, i'm told it goes towards safeguarding the GEC pension pot........

 

[John Marwood]

or not....

 

[Andreas Rex]

Word on the street is that the Castle Tavern has now closed for good.

 

[db]

i can't believe it, i would have thought selling expensive imported meat with undercooked chips and miserable customer service was a perfect business model..

 

[tek-monkey]

I've not been back since they had half the menu missing, missed items from the things they would let us order, and charged extra for chips with a steak. Its a shame, if you look back the place was great for the first year or so.

 

[Trumpet]

Only tried the place once, back when Ash had it. Good beer (Slaters), good service but the steak was definitely below par on the night.

 

[shoes]

i can't believe it, i would have thought selling expensive imported meat with undercooked chips and miserable customer service was a perfect business model..

lol!

 

[Sofa]

Just spoken to the building's owner, Raja, and it looks like John has thrown in the towel, which is a shame as he was a top landlord. Alas, it would appear that another Stafford pub has served its last pint. Discussions are underway with parties interested in opening a Greek or Italian restaurant.

A sad loss, but a sign of the times. Good job we still have the best pub in the world in Castletown, though.

 

[basil]

Bring back Tom.......

 

[John Marwood]

I would aim for Beef Wellington - the shed across the road is looking mighty busy theses days with high expectation of office

 

[Andreas Rex]

parties interested in opening a Greek or Italian restaurant.

Ooh....a Greek restaurant would be awesome. I do like a good meze!

 

[tek-monkey]

Would be interested to know what John was being charged for the place, Raja ownes it outright doesn't he? Free houses seem to fare better in these times than tied pubs, because they can choose what they sell and where to get it from.

Mind you, I loved the cider slush puppies they did and they immediately removed them. I know a few forumites felt the same, so hardly reacting to the customers needs.

 

[Gramaisc]

Mind you, I loved the cider slush puppies they did and they immediately removed them. I know a few forumites felt the same, so hardly reacting to the customers needs.

I'll let you know when they're back on in the Greyhound. You can chain the kids to the railing outside. Just don't take my bike-space.