| Love at first pint, that’s something that’s happened to me quite a few times. I think you know what I mean, you walk into a pub for the first time, without really knowing what to expect, but when you’re sipping your first beer, you realise you’ve come to the right place.
Love at first sight with a pub, however, that’s something I don’t remember ever happening to me until I stumbled upon Hostinec U Tunelu a couple of months back. I had been in Lower Žižkov that afternoon, doing some research for the upcoming second edition of the Pisshead’s Pub Guide*. After finishing at U Slovanské Lípy, instead of taking the bus or walking to Florenc, I decided to go to Karlín through the tunnel and then catch the tram to Dejvice in Sokolovská. And there I found it, as its name implies, right by the exit of the tunnel. It had only recently replaced a namesake pub I had never felt compelled to patronise. Gone were the Gambrinus signs that covered the large windows; it was now possible to see inside, and … |
Source: Beer Philosopher
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