When I was in England over Christmas, I loved going to the pub and socializing. It was such a fun time, especially since I can't drink over here in America.
Pubs are great.  They're establishments licensed to sell alcohol like Beer and Ale.
Oh yes, they had tons of lagers and ales over there. What else do you know?
Well pubs are a lot of the time the focal point of communities.
Especially over in Europe, there was a pub on every block over there!
Right!  In his 17th century diary Samuel Pepys described a pub as the "Heart of England".
Speaking of the past, some of the pubs over there are ancient compared to what we have in America. Many of them were built way before America was founded.
Indeed.  In 1393, King Richard II introduced legislation that pubs had to display a sign outdoors to make them easily visible for people who would assess the quality.
Wow, even back then? They really valued the quality of their alcohol!
back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the tied house system in the 19th century. In 1393, King Richard II of England introduced legislation that pubs had to display a sign outdoors to make them easily visible for passing ale tasters, who would assess the quality of ale sold. Most pubs focus on offering beers, ales and similar drinks. As well, pubs often sell wines, spirits, and soft drinks, meals and snacks. The owner, tenant or manager (licensee)
of operations. Pubs are either tenanted or managed.
Pub chains such as Punch Taverns and Ei Group own thousands of tenanted pubs which are not branded to retain uniqueness. They are controlled in the brands of beer, ales and lagers and sometimes other beverages that they may sell.
Pub chains operating managed houses are frequently run as brands, located near a high street but rarely in predominantly residential areas.
Multiple-held pubs do exist in countries other than the United Kingdom, but due to most countries having different