The catch of the bay
In a recent survey of its members, the Vintner’s Association found 58% are now serving food — food that varies wildly in quality, I’m sure, but food, nonetheless. As sea changes go, this one could rival the 2004 smoking ban.
In previous decades, after all, you would have searched far and wide for an Irish pub serving anything other than Tayto, a selection of pink and yellow Snack bars or, if you were lucky, a toasted ‘special’ in a plastic sleeve — with crusts that could have doubled as firelighters.
