http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New "cycling" pub? en Thu, 21 May 2026 23:45:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89548 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:57:25 +0000 crowriver 89548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They've ruined a nice old bike there with all that orange paint. </p> <p>Tourmalet bar is a nice enough place (it's on Iona Street btw). Nowhere but some railings to lock your cycle though. :-( Haven't tried Ventoux but might if I'm in that part of town. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89544 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:43:42 +0000 kaputnik 89544@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot the saddle on that old iron horse has a notably nose-down andle. Sure that bike didn't used to be one of yours? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89540 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:11:20 +0000 chdot 89540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/8144704462/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8144704462_5ab905335c.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89537 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:59:51 +0000 Coxy 89537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oh, oh, oh.... gossip. What happened? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89533 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:28:54 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They also ran out of chili in the Chili Cook Off... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89510 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:33:27 +0000 kaputnik 89510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@WC those Belgian Beers in the Ventoux are nearly all German. German beer has some sort of connection with cycling lore. Perhaps?</p> <p>After their shambolic attempts to screen the Tour, and the owner's bad attitude, I see no reason to go back into Ventoux when there are far nicer pubs with better beer and more pleasant surroundings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89496 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:04:22 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is indeed (as is the sister pub the Tourmalet off Leith Walk somewhere). Quite often see a load of courier bikes parked outside when I'm heading home from work - basically there are bikes attached to the ceiling (loooooovely Colnago the last time I was in) and various posters and photos on the walls. And Belgian beers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89492 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:55:43 +0000 Schraedinger 89492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slightly related, but is ventoux on brougham st a cycling pub? not been in it since it used to be the illicit still </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89468 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:55:28 +0000 kaputnik 89468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I wouldn't want to go into a place like that when Cloisters is around the corner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89466 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:51:40 +0000 lionfish 89466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A bunch of us went in after seeing <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em> (recommend!) at the Cameo on Monday (bit weird seeing a film set around Hurricane Katrina when another was hitting the US at the same time...).</p> <p>Think anth has the place described well:<br /> - staff v moody!<br /> - cocktails are a main thing (quite expensive as usual).<br /> - beer on tap (chilled) and no pumps<br /> - nothing to do with cycling<br /> - trying to be trendy<br /> - does do food </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89455 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:05:24 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 89455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, it's not.</p> <p>Sadly.</p> <p>After the Lupe Pinto's Chili Cook Off the other week we headed in. Looked like a nice new place + the bike on high made me think it was a cycling place. But tis just a random adornment.</p> <p>It's <em>quite</em> a nice place, but perhaps trying a little too hard to be trendy. However, they do have an impressive beer selection (mainly bottled) and a hell of a variety of gins. The cocktails aren't bad, nowhere near as good as other places in the city, and it's clearly finding its feet (the staff are a <em>little</em> of the "I'm talking to my friend here and you want me to serve you?" mindset - not overtly, but enough that it's slightly off-putting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89454 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:02:41 +0000 SRD 89454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oh yeah, i noticed that the other day too and meant to ask if anyone knew anything about it. then forgot in the 'excitement' of negotiating 'that' intersection... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8797#post-89447 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:21:59 +0000 kaputnik 89447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure if it's a cycling pub, but what used to be (I think) the Auld Toll on Leven Street, up from Scotmid, has been de-old-manned and rid of the smell of stale beer and urinal cakes and re-opened as a more trendy place called the "Blackbird". It also has a spray-painted orange bike frame hanging over the door. Not sure what that has to do with blackbirds, but hey-ho. </p>