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This pub is a legend in everyones lunchtime!

Nice pub

Love pub this. Art, comedy, old arcade machine and nice pint of ale. The Snug is great too. Prices can vary but there is always a value alternative to go on like the lovely Bettys Best. Can get a little packed at times, but that's the price of success I suppose<br />

This Pub offers something for everyone!<br /> <br /> Theatre, comedy, music, local football team, great food and a vast selection of drink, art, a bloody great smoking area,friendly staff and customers, fab atmosphere, free retro gaming tables and that's all I managed to take, but I bet there is much more.<br /> <br /> I have and always will suggest this pub to friends, family and strangers.<br />

THE credit-crunchingly slow start to the 2009 openings season has given CityLife cause to visit a number of old favourites lately.<br /> <br /> This week, we stopped in for a few ales at long running and eternally welcoming city centre boozer the Lass O’Gowrie: a CAMRA-award winning traditional pub located on Charles Street, next to the BBC.<br /> <br /> Surrounded by modern bars (many of which, to their credit, may be long running in the context of bar culture but can’t match the history of this Victorian pub) the Lass prides itself on the solid watering hole credentials that see it go from strength to strength.<br /> <br /> It has an extensive selection of real ales (including rarities sourced independently from the north west and Wales), a big selection of whiskies and traditional food, including what they claim are the best home-baked pies in the city.<br /> <br /> A big boast, and one well worth putting to the test.<br /> <br /> Threlfall tiling<br /> <br /> Outside, the pub shows its age with original Threlfall tiling.<br /> <br /> Inside, the period charm is mixed with eccentric contemporary design quirks, including a wall festooned with computer keyboards, and a selection of retro arcade games, which are always popular with the student element. of the crowd.<br /> <br /> The layout splits into multiple nooks and crannies, including the snug at the back.<br /> <br /> But for beer lovers the bar is the best place to be – giving you the ideal vantage point from which to tour your way around the real ale portfolio, which is the big reason to visit this pub.<br /> <br /> Unlike neighbouring bars that go big on fashionable world lagers, cask beer takes pride of place and, with real ale enthusiasts in charge, the quality is always top notch.<br /> <br /> The increasingly ubiquitous Black Sheep is in evidence, along with Greene King IPA – two brands which in part make up the core folio of six house beers that are always available.<br /> <br /> But more exciting are the beers that change on a weekly basis that the pub can buy in outside of its tie.<br /> <br /> Lass O’Gowrie, 36 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DB (0161 273 6932, thelass.co.uk).<br />

Good food, good beer, good ambience, little nooks and corners to sit down and enjoy a pint or two with friends. It's even got book and games for you to enjoy.<br /> <br /> Near the university so also a good place for students who aren't into the 'let's drink cheap beer that tastes awful and then get rowdy' crowd<br />