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Starter for 10: Garvan Hickey
Garvan is the co-owner of the Draper’s Arms, a micropub in Bishopston. It was recently voted CAMRA Bristol and District Branch’s Pub of the Year, an accolade that Garvan and partner-in-crime Vince are chuffed about.
“It’s recognition that the 3000 members of CAMRA in the area think that we’re the very best,” Garvan says, standing in the tiny, single-roomed pub that shuns all electronics – even amplified music.
“We’re committed 100% to the quality and range of our cask ale, which we serve on stillage. We wanted to open a place that we’d like to drink in, and it’s been going very well so far. We say we’re either brilliant businessmen, dead lucky or terrible at planning.”
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Garvan is this month’s Starter for 10:
North or South?
North
Whiteladies Road or Gloucester Road?
Gloucester Road
Evening in or night out?
Night out
Real ale or craft beer?
Real ale
“Did you even need to ask that? You do know what we serve here, right?
Coffee or tea?
Tea
Pickled eggs or pork scratchings?
Pork scratchings
“We sell them here at the Draper’s Arms, and they’re very nice.”
Art gallery or street art?
Street art
Magazine or iPhone?
Magazine
Early morning or late night?
Late night
Summer or winter?
Winter
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