The Merseyrail network generously takes in Chester, but misses the honeypots of Rainhill and Wavertree, so my £5.20 Daysaver couldn’t quite get me to two new micro pubs near the M57. You can imagine my despair.
Still, I finally got to finish Cheshire at the traditionally named Goat & Munch. I remember a time when the last pub in a county would be called the Wellington or the Boat, but that’s progress for you.
Excitingly, I got off early at Bache and walked down Liverpool Road, just like the Bangles, hoping for some cutting edge street art.
No luck. Apart from this at the roundabout exit for the Morrisons.
Nice dragon as you reach town, though.
The Goat & Munch is in real backstreet Chester territory,
also known as the Garden Quarter, in some strange meaning of the word “garden”.
Fittingly as we approached Star Wars Day, I then found the quirky street art.
I no longer trust signs that say “Open” on micro doors, even at 4pm on a Sunday, but regulars staring at you through the window are A GOOD SIGN.
It’s heaving, which is GOOD (for beer quality) and BAD (no seats).
More bar than micro, perhaps, though the Dortmunder Union was definitely the beer of choice. I’ve seen Hollyoaks, Chester is a proper lager stronghold.
What can I say ? They had Salopian,it was very good (NBSS 3.5), and a photo of Shaun Goater, and some thumping beats. Chuffing good. I liked it more than BRAPA.
But. Those. Seats.
retiredmartin 
There’s a fight neither shopper could win.
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Dave, I reckon the one who ends up drinking the Bud Lite has definitely lost. 😉
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Death or Bud Lite? Tough call…
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You refer to “the traditionally named Goat & Munch,” and indeed I’ve encountered a fair number that include the word “goat” in some way. But “Munch” is a new one for me. Do they have an explanation for giving their pub this name?
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I really hope not, Mark. Perhaps the goat “munched” all the proper bench seating.? Did Simon comment on this ? You kindly read BRAPA,I just laugh at the pictures :-)))
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Agree with BRAPA on this one. Found too many of aspects of the micropub concept that don’t appeal (to me), when dropped in last June. And, by definition, in a micropub there’s nowhere to escape from them.
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Chester FC centre back pairing from 1985/86 promotion winning side
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They can’t afford umlauts in their signs.
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Doesn’t look like a place to relax with the Times crossword.
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Viz letters page.
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Goat & Munch? Surely a leftover from the “It’s a Scream” pubchain, apparently founded by Bass!
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Why is that man hovering a foot above his seat?
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Looks decent. Some nice beers on too.
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