Historical version 1 of Half Moon (view current version)
- 247808
- 17 St Clements (map of this place)
- OX4 1YT
- Negotiable
- Pub
- East-Central
The beer is abysmal, but you don't go to the Half Moon for the beer; you go for the atmosphere and the extremely accomodating service. There's Guinness and Greene King IPA on tap, and a folk club on Thursday nights with poetry readings and local music talent. (Look out for nights when Frei Zinger's playing; his folk club set is orders of magnitude better than the over-engineered wannabe-ambient flutepop that draws the crowds on the Cornmarket.) Joe Ryan's the proprietor, and carries out the role rather well. Unfortunately, the non-Ryan bar staff aren't worth giving the time of day to.
But if you get Joe, and you get there on a Thursday night, it's the kind of place where you're instantly a regular.
OS X co-ord:
452360
OS Y co-ord:
206020
(Latitude:
51.749971
Longitude:
-1.241437)
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