S0003 Toners

My first visit of the Summer 2021 outdoor-only pub period, my first new pub since August 2020, and to a pub which has made huge efforts to both get a sustainable amount of business during it, and preserve something like what you'd actually expect from that pub.

One of Baggot Streets famed, historic premises, Toners already had a sizeable and popular beer garden - Toners Yard - which was already bigger than the main bar inside. An additional area of seating has been added to the rear of this for Summer 2021. 

The outdoor area is almost entirely divided in to booths - or personal snugs to think of it another way - seating six people, with a few areas for 2 and 4 scattered around. Table service is supplied from a service bar in a small building, with a bank vault door - left open rather than having to be grappled with a tray of pints!

The pub doesn't have its own kitchens, and was able to open in the "substantial meal" eras of last year with pizzas from the restaurant across the road. These are still available despite this requirement having been dropped.

This is probably as close to a normal pub experience as you're going to find for now - yes, some of the seats can get draughty or a bit damp if the weather is particularly poor, but you get conventional pub seating, proper service and access to the well appointed toilets of the main bar.

As an aside - is this finally the last of the "surely you must have drunk there?" pubs? Obviously, someone is going to have that opinion about nearly any and every pub, but there were a set where people would express that even when I'd only visited ~150 pubs.