The Adam and Eve, Mill Hill

Stemginger,

Once again we agree: the sign that says 'bar and eating house' is ridiculous, and will be torn down in due course. I really hope to be able to restore the original pub sign that was unfortunately painted over (!).

I take your point about staff and agree that they are the face of the business and so should act and behave accordingly. Chain pubs will often find it difficult to recruit, train and retain staff, so will suffer from the problems you have outlined.

As far as keeping our beers/ales - again I agree. We will aim to get our Cask Marque as soon as possible, and obviously with that comes minimum standards which we hope to comfortably exceed. The cellar at the Adam and Eve is fairly spacious and quite well equipped, so this shouldn't pose too much of a challenge, and I'm sure you'll be able to help us maintain the standard and point out when and where we go wrong, when necessary.

As for Snarling Mallard - I recognise that different people look for different things from their pubs, and I appreciate that not everyone will totally agree with what we do, but I respect their right to voice their own opinions. Of course, I very much hope that all visitors will appreciate the hard work, time and effort we are putting into saving the Adam and Eve.

Look forward to meeting you over a pint when it's ready to be drawn!!

19 Aug 2010 11:57