An interesting notice has appeared in the window of the Wynnstay Arms, assuring patrons that the establishment’s not about to close. There can be only one reason why the management put up the poster: to allay fears. It will be reassuring for those who enjoy two course lunches for £8.50 or the Fusions evening menu. If it closed, it would see the end of a tavern said to date from 1549, as the Cross Foxes.
Whether you feel the Wynnstay is up there with the likes of the Picture House is a matter of personal choice. For my part, I was more than content the last time I dined in the evening at the Wynnstay, with the unusually shaped crockery, though perhaps I’m an easily pleased customer no matter where I eat.
Few Rhuthun restaurants seem particularly crowded these days. While this often guarantees a table at short notice, it indicates that supply and demand may be out of kilter. It’s the same, worse probably, for cafés, as we’ve remarked before. We would like to think, hope even, that the Wynnstay and all its peers can hold their own in the face of pressure from both ends of the market—the Picture Houses of this world and what now appears to cater for an entirely different market, at the Steak House and Malt House. During these recessionary times, the pressure’s really on. May be we should go out and support them all.
Whether you feel the Wynnstay is up there with the likes of the Picture House is a matter of personal choice. For my part, I was more than content the last time I dined in the evening at the Wynnstay, with the unusually shaped crockery, though perhaps I’m an easily pleased customer no matter where I eat.
Few Rhuthun restaurants seem particularly crowded these days. While this often guarantees a table at short notice, it indicates that supply and demand may be out of kilter. It’s the same, worse probably, for cafés, as we’ve remarked before. We would like to think, hope even, that the Wynnstay and all its peers can hold their own in the face of pressure from both ends of the market—the Picture Houses of this world and what now appears to cater for an entirely different market, at the Steak House and Malt House. During these recessionary times, the pressure’s really on. May be we should go out and support them all.
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