In the long run, Pubs will become gastro pubs and the word pub will disappear. The male alone time will be no longer be accepted. Ever seen 4 adult men sitting at a table at a gastropub?
Pub owners are there to make a living and not to preserve culture. Though when interviewed by the village paper, they go into a BS spiel about culture, keeping the community intact and holding on to precious old days. Same bloke will flip his pub into a gastro pub when the in-laws inheritance kicks in and he can do the place up. The price of beer will up so the not so well dressed old patrons don't turn up.
We are looking at cheese platter, smorgasbord and instead of dart's night it will wine and oyster specials. The long bar would have disappeared long ago and the publican has become a restaurateur or an entrepreneur.
Yes, we will be drinking beer at home and watching netflix. The only time 4 men will have a chinwag with beers flowing will be during test cricket at Edgebaston or Headingly.
