Did Dave Whelan ever pop in and order a pint before regaling you with stories of his broken leg over some casual racism?
Anyway, great OP for mentioning The Stanley. Utterly fantastic pub made all the better for the fact that it's a (very) straight pub in the city of Brighton and Hove that is nevertheless 99% blokes 99% of the time. You won't pull in The Stanley unless you get invited to deliver the Old Fart Juice in to a glass. Shame they're selling it. It had better not change much.
Others? On the posh side fair play to the Good Companions for managing to stock decent beers and ciders across the range and serve pork scratchings in a mug, while keeping a clientele who look too young to afford any of the prices. I used to drink in this place when it was full of bikers and dealers, got to admire them for making it upmarket while actually increasing the amount of facial hair and tats on display.
At the other end of the scale I give an award to The George near Crossharbour DLR in Tower Hamlets for continuing to display a portrait of The Queen in the face of the nightly BARRAGE of nappy LUZZING from the local Bangladeshis. They love me in there as I'm the only drinker with my own teeth.
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