A traditional local tavern noted honestly for its below-average score, given fair context, with warm wishes for its rising fortunes ahead
The Queens Tavern holds one hundred and fifty-one reviews and a 3.9 – a below-average score on a fair sample, which we note honestly and fairly – and it is a traditional local tavern which, whatever its current numbers, this survey treats with fairness, context and warm wishes for its rising fortunes ahead.
The score, honestly and fairly noted
First, honestly and fairly: a 3.9 across one hundred and fifty-one reviews sits a little below this survey’s average, and we note that plainly – it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. But a below-average score deserves fair context, not a pile-on. A 3.9 is by no means a bad score – it reflects a pub that many visitors have genuinely enjoyed, on a fair but not enormous sample, and one that sits just a little below the (often very high) average of this well-served corner of London. Every neighbourhood has its range of pubs, and a 3.9 marks a decent, honest local rather than any real failing. We note the figure honestly, give it fair context, and warmly wish the Queens Tavern rising fortunes ahead.
The traditional local
The Queens Tavern is a traditional local tavern – and there is genuine and enduring appeal in that. The “Tavern” name is an old and traditional one (a tavern being, historically, an establishment for the sale of drink), giving it a genuine sense of old-pub tradition, and “the Queens” is one of the great classic English pub names, flying the flag of the monarchy over a proper traditional local. There is real appeal to the honest, traditional, unpretentious local – the proper neighbourhood tavern, doing the traditional things, offering a warm welcome and an honest pint. It is exactly the kind of honest, traditional, unpretentious local that gives a neighbourhood its everyday character – the proper tavern, warm and welcoming, an honest local for an honest pint. There is genuine appeal to it – the traditional tavern character, the honest and unpretentious welcome, the proper neighbourhood local.
Wishing it well
This survey always treats a below-average score with fairness and warmth, never a pile-on – and the Queens Tavern deserves exactly that. Pubs go through ups and downs – a change of management, a refurbishment, a fresh start can transform a local’s fortunes – and a decent 3.9 today is by no means a fixed verdict. This survey warmly wishes the Queens Tavern rising fortunes ahead – hoping to see it flourish, to see its warm welcome and honest character win ever more visitors over, and to see its reputation grow. There is genuine goodwill in this – the fair and honest noting of the current score, the fair context, the warm wishes for the future. It is a traditional local doing its honest best, and this survey wishes it every success – hoping to raise a warmer glass to its rising fortunes in years to come. There is real fairness and goodwill in the whole thing.
The honest and fair position is straightforward – the Queens Tavern is a traditional local with a below-average but by-no-means-bad score, given fair context and warm wishes. The Prat’s desk notes the current figure honestly, gives it fair context, enjoys an honest pint in the traditional local, and raises a warm and encouraging glass to the Queens Tavern – wishing it rising fortunes ahead.
The pub
A traditional local tavern with a below-average 3.9 on a fair sample – the Queens Tavern, noted honestly and fairly, with warm wishes for its rising fortunes ahead.
Verdict
Below-average by the numbers but given fair context – the Queens Tavern, an honest traditional local this survey warmly wishes rising fortunes.
Have an honest pint at the Queens Tavern, a traditional local noted fairly for its below-average score – a proper neighbourhood tavern this survey warmly wishes rising fortunes ahead.
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]
