Checkpoint Charlie it is. Our new local. That seems to be settled. For the time being, at least. Despite the prices going up. Twice. (When I were a lad, prices only went up in Amsterdam once every couple of decades.)
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| Outside Checkpoint Charlie. |
I feel quite at home there now. Which I should do, after more than a year frequenting the place. Some of the barstaff seem to recognise us. Which, again, they should do after a year. Lucas has chatted with a couple of the other regulars. It would be more of a surprise if he hadn't, sociable beast that he is. Alexei plays the pinball. Which is probably the main reason he turns up.
It's not the same as Butcher's Tears. Yet. All those layers of interactions need time to build up. Like layers of paint. I'll give it a few more years.
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| Tears II garden. |
We've visited Tears II, the Butcher's Tears shop, a couple of times. And had a couple of beers in their massive garden, which was pleasant. But it's not a pub. Ruling it out as our local.
Hard work building up a local. But it's work I'm prepared to put in.
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Hopefully rising prices aren't on top of weaker beer and smaller glasses.
Given the choice, I'd rather have straightforward price increases than places playing games like short pours or mysterious service charges. Or firing the employees and automating.
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