Okay, I am building a new house. The basement is gonna be a walkout with an indoor range, and a pub. I love the UK pubs and would like to know what you guys across the pond like, what your favorite?

I know it’s not a traditional pub in any sense and I’m not from across the pond….But....A nice place to hang out with friends and knock a few back is pretty universal eh?

My favorite hangout is Mario’s Fishbowl in Morgantown WV…

Here it is from the outside...



Here it is from the inside...



Another inside view...



Here is one of their famous ice cold fishbowls of beer…



Mario’s Fishbowl (or as I call it “The Fishbowlâ€) has been around since the 1950’s and has an awesome home town feel about it…

The postcards on the wall are from first time visitors and regulars commemorating some good times they’ve had there…some of them date clear back to the 1970’s…

My buddy who came in from Ireland has a sign on the wall that reads "I came all the way from Ireland to drink at the Fishbowl"…

The juke box has about one of the best selections I’ve ever seen…I know my favorite songs by heart and don’t even have to look the numbers up…

If you can toss a quarter into the green vase above the bar you win a free beer….it’s now only one per customer b/c a buddy of mine managed five in a row one night…You can guess what our sign on the wall is about…

They have monthly and annual drawings to win three free beers a day for a year/month….

I won it for the year about three years ago….needless to say the proprietors were thrilled when my term was up…

My friends and I have had a lot of good times there…

I guess that what it’s all about…

Here's my choice, also not your traditional pub, Mak's Ice House, McKinney @ Cullen, Houston, best party in town on Sunday afternoons:

The obvious answer is the closest one.

Seriously, here are a couple of sites that might help. I think some of them are cheaper than you can have them built for and they're the real deal.....Pubs I and pubs II

Thanks for the link, Gatogordo. Just what I was looking for. I like the dark magogany.

Near Hoedspruit, RSA.

The Crown Bar in Belfast is possibly the best pub in the world:

http://www.crownbar.com/gallery.asp

Unfortunately it is now full of tourists.

McConville's pub in Portadown Co Armagh is the next best thing - and it does not do tourists.

Yes Brian ... The Crown sans tourists is hard to beat, but that's a bit like expecting Robinsons to be sans crumpet ....

Here's one of my favorite traditional pubs across the pond:



It's got to be one of the finest, if not the finest アイリッシュ カントリー　コテージ　パブ you're likely to stumble across anywhere. Conveniently located, too; not more than a 3 minute walk from the main gate of COMFLEACTS Yokosuka.