A bar named ‘The Old Library’ – evoking the bookish charm, warmth and comfort of the old reading room among the books
The Old Library Bar holds twenty-eight reviews and a 4.7 – a strong score, though on a small sample – and it carries a wonderfully bookish and charming name: the old library, evoking the warmth, comfort and cosy charm of the reading room among the books, one of the most civilised and appealing of all settings.
The small sample, honestly noted
First, honestly: twenty-eight reviews is a small sample, carrying limited statistical weight. A strong 4.7 across twenty-eight reviews is promising and suggests a good, well-liked venue, but it is a modest sample and we note it as such – setting a light gloss on the number, and turning to the genuinely charming name.
The charm of the library
“The Old Library” is a wonderfully evocative and charming name for a bar, conjuring the warm, cosy, civilised charm of the library and the reading room. There is a genuine and special appeal to the library setting – the walls lined with books, the comfortable armchairs, the warm reading lamps, the quiet, civilised, contemplative atmosphere, the sense of centuries of knowledge, learning and literature all around. To transform this into a bar – “The Old Library Bar” – is to promise exactly this warm, bookish, civilised charm: drinks enjoyed among the books, in comfortable armchairs, in the cosy, contemplative, cultured atmosphere of the old library. It is one of the most appealing of all bar concepts – the marriage of the library’s civilised, bookish charm with the conviviality of the bar.
The bookish atmosphere
The library bar has become a beloved and popular style of venue precisely because of this wonderful charm. There is something genuinely special about drinking among books – the warm, cultured, civilised atmosphere, the sense of comfort and contemplation, the bookish romance of it all. The old library, with its leather-bound volumes, its reading lamps, its comfortable chairs and its air of quiet learning, is one of the most comfortable and civilised of all settings – and a bar that captures this charm offers a genuinely special and appealing experience. “The Old Library Bar” promises exactly this – the warm, cosy, bookish, cultured charm of the reading room, combined with good drinks and gentle conviviality. It is a name and concept of real charm and appeal, promising a civilised and comfortable retreat among the books.
There is genuine warmth and appeal in the whole idea – the bookish charm, the cosy comfort, the civilised, cultured atmosphere of the old library, transformed into a warm and welcoming bar. It is exactly the kind of charming, characterful, civilised venue that appeals to the booklover and the seeker of a comfortable, cultured retreat. Its strong score, though on a small sample, suggests a genuinely charming and well-liked venue, worthily bearing its bookish name. The Prat’s desk, which feels thoroughly at home among books, settles into an armchair with a drink and a volume, and salutes the bookish charm of it all.
The bar
A strong (on a small sample) bar doing a good 4.7 across twenty-eight reviews, charmingly named “The Old Library” – evoking the warm, cosy, bookish charm of the reading room among the books.
Verdict
Strong on a small sample, and bookishly charming – the Old Library Bar, evoking the warm, cultured, comfortable charm of the old reading room.
Go to the Old Library Bar for a drink among the books, and enjoy the bookish charm of the name – the old library, the warm, cosy, civilised reading room, one of the most comfortable and cultured of all settings.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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