Island Life Magazine Ltd February/March 2010 | Page 83

FOOD & DRINK

February/March 2010

life

Local food & drink
End of an era
One of the Island's top pubs

Fullers, and Enterprise Inns

is changing hands. Owners of

coming onto the Island and

the Pointer Inn, Newchurch

charging extortionate rents.

father & son team Paul Clark

It was a sad day when these

and Nathan Clark cannot

companies discovered the

afford the annual running

Island.

costs anymore, since the

Nathan said "We are in a

landlords 'Fullers' increased

recession and to top it all

their annual rent. The Pointer

off the campsite down the

Inn won the Island Life Dining

road which brings in a good

Pub of the Year 2008 and

percentage of our summer

2009 which was judged by the

trade is closed until August for

AA.

refurbishment. We contacted

It seems that The Pointer

the brewery to see if they

Inn is just another casualty of

could help and were informed

large companies like Punch,

that they were not prepared

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The Pointer Inn, Newchurch
to negotiate. Because we are a

Island."I have had many good

tied pub we also pay over the

meals there and I wish them

odds for beer." I asked Nathan

all the best. I will be one of

what there plans were, "We're

the first to frequent their new

not sure, we hope that we will

establishment.

find another premises on the

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