The Loose Cannon, Newark

Newish bar coversion with several areas. To the right a room with pool table and decorated with film posters, ahead is the main bar with an L shaped counter in the rear right corner. Four pulls face you with a good selection of local and further afield casks including new Bass, ten taps of keg beers lurk on the bar back, mostly interesting but the stout is of course Guinness. At the back is a smoking area called the Smoke Shack. Decor is eclectic with pictures, pub stained glass, exposed brickwork. It has a genuine old juke box above which is a screen with an ever changing display of old master art work. Toilets other than accessible are upstairs marked W and M, interesting art in the gents, more refined in the ladies. My companion described the place as funky.

Definitely not a micro but a substantial bar with a modern vibe. It is much larger than it appears from the small frontage and extends back into a larger room with a garden behind. The music and decor is all pretty current and trendy, with the exception of a vintage juke box. Thankfully a couple of handpumps were evident and I enjoyed a good Vibrant Forest Black Forest Stout, but for choice I would head for one of the more traditional hostelries first.

Official site of The Loose Cannon - loosecannonnewark.com

Official site of The Loose Cannon - loosecannonnewark.com

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