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Postby Fawksie on Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:15 pm

I know it's a long shot asking people here about St Andrews, since I think there's about two active members who are actually in the town.

The Raisin has changed name and owner. What is it called now and who owns it?
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Duggeh on Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:45 pm

I was in st andrews yesterday. I didn't notice a name change?
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Fawksie on Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:05 pm

Evidently I have been misled. It is no longer listed on Scream's website though.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Fawksie on Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:48 pm

No, apparently it's called The Blue Stane. After the stone in the pub garden.

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scot ... drews.html
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Re: The Raisin

Postby orudge on Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:46 pm

Fawksie wrote:Evidently I have been misled. It is no longer listed on Scream's website though.


I think it lost the Scream brand well over a year ago, although I cannot remember who owned it then. It was definitely still The Raisin last time I was there, which was the Monster Pub Crawl.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Fawksie on Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:00 am

CJ says it is a Belhaven pub now, and indeed it says so on their website.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Silibrand on Wed May 04, 2011 12:04 am

In any case, they are gutting the thing. While I hope it's an improvement over the old dive I remember (was last there Fall 2009), I would prefer it not turn into a £4.50 pint joint.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Lilith on Wed May 04, 2011 11:04 am

It's called The Blue Stane and they've done it up quite a bit. Fresh paint etc. Was in there on Saturday night. New menus as well. Not that impressed though as the ladies toilets ran out of toilet paper and then later on they shut the ladies off as all the toilets were blocked and wouldn't flush.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Dempsey on Thu May 05, 2011 6:01 pm

They removed the jukebox and the pool tables, and as far as I know the game machines. They must be trying to change their customer base, but everybody I've spoken to has been disappointed with the change :wacko:
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Re: The Raisin

Postby ONeill on Thu May 05, 2011 8:15 pm

Dempsey wrote:They removed the jukebox and the pool tables, and as far as I know the game machines. They must be trying to change their customer base, but everybody I've spoken to has been disappointed with the change :wacko:


I find it a little strange that they have felt the need to diversify to attract a different kind of customer. With plenty of places in town I thought they would have been happy at being different enough before to attract people through the door. Hopefully it's better than it sounds.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Hennessy on Fri May 06, 2011 11:30 pm

I walked past it last week. Didn't even notice! Someone told me they've got rid of the tassels, so I can go in next time I'm up without feeling like I'm in a particularly crap bordello.
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Re: The Raisin

Postby wild_quinine on Sun May 08, 2011 9:46 am

Lilith wrote:It's called The Blue Stane... Not that impressed though as the ladies toilets ran out of toilet paper and then later on they shut the ladies off as all the toilets were blocked and wouldn't flush.


Maybe they can rename it The Brown Stane. (groan)

Not sure they should have changed its Firkin name at all!
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Re: The Raisin

Postby Al on Mon May 09, 2011 10:29 pm

It's surely only a matter of time till they change the name back to Kate's.
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