Vinny wrote:The Chrustie Pie
With a proper light-heated glass pie counter, with lashings of gravy, preferably made with laughing stock.
Be nice to have Guinness on tap, instead of out of a can! If you want customers to come back, provide the real product and a good atmosphere.
Brilliant! Sounds like a proper pub name and links to our past, our humour (remember when we had a sense of...) and of course our USP - the pies!
Keep it simple. Few more photos on the walls, things to do early doors (pool table, darts board etc) maybe an outdoor seating bit and a bargain beer offer (£2 pint or something) on each matchday to tempt folk in. If we are cheaper than the Hurley Flyer (even just on one drink) we will get more fans in.
To be a success you need someone in charge who can be the life and soul and have the freedom to try things out.