Friday, 2 September 2016

138 The Stork Tavern - Smithills


First  visited :  2  September  2016

This  is  an  odd  one. It  didn't  look  very  promising   and  the  clientele  on  a  Friday  evening  looked  a  bit  grimy  but  it  had  a  certain  appeal  inside. It's  a  real  ale  pub  and  quirkily  decorated with  a  mixture  of  papered  walls  and  blue-grey  wooden  panelling. There  are  four  separate  lounges  and  a  back  yard  optimistically  advertised  as  a  beer  garden. The  best  feature  is  a  huge  wall  mural  by  local  artist  Lenny  Stevens  based  on  old  photographs  of  the  area.