- Establishment of the Week - The King's Deer - Bar and
Restaurant
 This
weeks 1st establishment is the 'King's Deer - Bar and
Restaurant'. Located in Stonekeep.
The tavern itself is located right
against the main road, The building a wonderful stone and
plaster home. Location of Stonekeep? Check out their map
located at their website by clicking
here.
Their website can be found at:
http://www.guvadan.net/guardsmen/
I managed to speak to the owner,
Carolyn Lawrence, but before I tell you what we she had to
say, Lets take a walk around the tavern.
2D
The main tavern floor.
The 2nd floor.
KR
The outside view of the tavern.
The main tavern floor.
The 2nd floor.
I managed to speak with the owner,
here is what she had to say.
 Mapper:
So you run the
King's Deer tavern, Which is in Stonekeep, I've always known
there to be a tavern there but I remember it as a Villa.
When was this changed? Were you always the owner?
Carolyn:
The King's Deer
has seen many changes but hasn't been a villa since at least
2005. Over the last couple of years it's seen alternative
uses such as a meeting hall but is now back to being a
tavern, with its most recent design taking place earlier
this year.
Carolyn only took
over the reigns of The King's Deer upon its recent
redevelopment but the property is still and always will be
Guardsmen Militia owned. In character the management always
lease the property from Stonekeep.
Mapper:
I visited the
King's Deer this morning, I've been around a few taverns,
Its certainly a small and cosy tavern, Is this a good thing?
Or would you have liked it to be a little larger?
Carolyn:
It needs to be
small and cozy for it to work I think. Although it would be
nice to have a little more space to work with,
we can always expand out into the road if necessary for
larger events.
The cozy feel
works in its favour and whilst the militia would prefer it
to be seedier and dirtier it works well enough in its
current state.
Mapper:
Would you
say the tavern is the central location of Stonekeep in
the evenings? Or is there another building most people
locate?
Carolyn:
The exterior
of the tavern is pretty central to Stonekeep. Everyone's
always stood around the outside and loitered nearby when
on duty for as long as Stonekeep's been in existence,
when off-duty the tavern is definitely where most
activity will take place.
Mapper:
Last
question, A little different, Kingdom Reborn, Do you
play it? What do you think of it?
Carolyn:
I don't
but that's more down to being stuck in my ways. I prefer
the interface of 2d it's simplistic and easy to use and
I'm not so willing to learn how to play UO all over
again. KR's okay. To me the graphics aren't nearly as
terrible as some people make out and I quite like the
look of it but not enough to try and play UO through it.
Mapper:
And that's
all, I thank you verrrrry much! :-P
A big thank
you to Carolyn for taking time to answer my questions,
Please do check out the tavern, Pop round in the evening!
Ill bet you you'll find activity! |
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