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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 8 Aug 1979, p. 8

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Business Page 8 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednpsday, August 8, 1970 â€"â€" * â€" . _ " ."* .. ~_ Mine Host meets MPP â€" MINne Host meets MPP â€" Paul Oscheftsky (left) stops for a serious dis cussion with Waterioo MPP Herb Epp outside the Duke. Diningroom service â€" waitress Mary Brown brings something to go with bangers and mash. * Ti By Geoff Hoile Chronicle staff writer i The realâ€"life Duke couldn‘t make it for the grand opening, but chances are he would have been lost in the crowds that have been jamming Waterloo‘s new English pub since it opened last Thursday. The Duke â€" he‘s actually the Duke of Wellington and the Prince of Waterioo in the European royal family chart â€" respectfully declined the offer to officially open the King Street pub due to business commitments elsewhere. However the August 11 official cereâ€" monies will go ahead as planned with a suitable substitutes or the Duke riding in an open carriage drawn by four white horses through the city streets to arrive at the pub‘s front door and greet the opening day guests. What‘s different about an old English pub? Well, this olde English pub â€" excuse me, parlour â€" has all the flavour of many a corner local back ‘ome. The Liquour License Board of Ontario prohibits the advertising of alcohol beverages on the exterior of preâ€" mises having a restaurant dining lounge classification, thus the term parlour instead of pub out front. The balance of the menu provides a wide selection of cocktails, hors d‘ceuvres, soups, salads, sandwiches and luncheon dishes for diners whose top favourite doesn‘t happen to be bangers and mash and a pint 0‘ bitter. As you lean on the bar draining half your glass of Worthington E and chatting to a friend, don‘t be surprised to hear faintly in the background taped renditions of traditional rub favourites. In the evening it‘s the real thing. Coâ€"owners Henry Krebs and Paul have brought in Lancashireâ€"born pianist Barbara Redfern straight from Charcoal S _ Inside the pub atmosphere spreads from room to room, from standing at the bar orderâ€" ing a draught Watney‘s Red Barre! or a Newcastle Brown to playing darts or backgammon in the back room. Hungry? How about fish and chips, steak and kidney pie or a ploughâ€" man‘s lunch? Che Buke ° i T s g. Olde English Pub uk

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