We'd tried Centro earlier in the day but it was shut, so when we nipped in at about 5.30 we were just about the first in. Real ale has always been on offer here but two blank handpumps didn't look too encouraging. Thankfully, the barmaid rectified this and within a few minutes a fresh barrel of Wainwrights was ours. This was on good form so it would have been rude not to indulge again. Full marks to the barman who gave us a pint of lager (for the lady, of course) on the house as we had to wait for our ale. Centro is a traditional Belgian-style bar with a full array of continental beers on and a basement seating area where gigs are often hosted.
Centro, Tib Street, 2010. (c) Pubs of Manchester.
The bar stools above the stairs offer interesting views of Tib Street, Cord on Dorsey Street and the funny little housing estate that sits in the Northern Quarter (Brightwell Walk may or may not be named after City legend
Have to say I much prefered this in its original mahogany decor and when there was always a good selection of ales.
ReplyDeleteOne ale was infinitely better than the previous 4 bars could manage. That most bars in the apparently trendy Northern Quarter can't be arsed keeping proper ale suggests the proprietors are either (a) incompetent, (b) lazy, or (c) lacking business acumen (as it's about the only sector of the on-trade that's performing reasonably).
ReplyDeleteDo you remember Prohibition on St Mary's Street being called anything other than Bar 10/Coast by the way?
No, whatever it was before Bar Coast, I can't remember it.
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