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The Picture Palace was a pub in [[Locale Ponders End|Ponders End]], situated in a converted cinema. It has now closed. According to the Aug/Sep 2021 <cite>London Drinker</cite>, the owners decided not to reopen it after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Pub in [[Locale Ponders End|Ponders End]], situated in a converted cinema.
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Pub in [[Locale Ponders End|Ponders End]], situated in a converted cinema.

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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], November 2007.</div>
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address='Howards Hall, Lincoln Road, EN3 4AQ'
category='Featured Article,Good Beer Guide 2007,Good Beer Guide 2010,Good Beer Guide 2011,Good Beer Guide 2012,Good Beer Guide 2013,Good Beer Guide 2014,Good Beer Guide 2015,Good Beer Guide 2016,Good Beer Guide 2018,Good Beer Guide 2019,Good Beer Guide 2020,Now Closed'
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], November 2007. Opening hours taken from the Picture Palace Facebook page, May 2016.</div>
address='Howards Hall, Lincoln Road'
category='Featured Article,Good Beer Guide 2007,Good Beer Guide 2010,Good Beer Guide 2011,Good Beer Guide 2012,Good Beer Guide 2013,Good Beer Guide 2014,Good Beer Guide 2015,Good Beer Guide 2016,Good Beer Guide 2018,Good Beer Guide 2019,Good Beer Guide 2020,Pub Food,Pubs,Real Ale'
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hours_text='8am-11pm Mon-Thu; 8am-midnight Fri-Sat; 8am-11pm Sun'
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summary='Now closed; was a pub in Enfield, situated in a converted cinema.' summary='Pub in Enfield, situated in a converted cinema. Previously (but no longer) a Wetherspoons.'
opening_hours_text='8am-11pm Mon-Thu; 8am-midnight Fri-Sat; 8am-11pm Sun'
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summary='Now closed; was a pub in Enfield, situated in a converted cinema.' postcode='EN3 4AQ'
summary='Pub in Enfield, situated in a converted cinema. Previously (but no longer) a Wetherspoons.'

Pub in Ponders End, situated in a converted cinema.

It was previously owned by Wetherspoons, but sold on to Hawthorne Leisure around the start of 2016. The pub reopened under its new management in May 2016; we haven't visited since, so some of the information below may be out of date.

The decor is rather nice, with a high, ornate ceiling, pictures of Laurel & Hardy and Charlie Chaplin above the bar, several leather sofas, and booth-like things against the walls, as well as your standard tables and chairs.

Kake visited on a Monday afternoon in November 2007, after sampling a couple of other very empty pubs in the area. This place, on the other hand, was quite well-populated, by couples and groups as well as your standard Wetherspoons lone drinker. In fact, there were only about three people actually on their own, and one of them was me. No music, but a good buzz of conversation. The BitE comments linked below suggest that this isn't always the case; possibly everyone was in there for the Wetherspoons Real Ale festival, which was on at the time, but still, Monday afternoon's not generally a busy time for any pub.

Service from the man who sold me my first half pint was friendly and polite; the woman who sold me my second seemed rather disengaged, and I saw her make a complete hash of serving someone else with a tray of coffees. Not unfriendly though. I was drinking two of the festival ales, Murphy's Law and Wobbly Bob, which were on at 80p/half pint (£1.59/pint). I expect normal prices are the usual low Wetherspoons prices.

Kake's verdict: If I was in the area, I would be happy to spend time in this pub again.

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Last visited by Kake, November 2007. Opening hours taken from the Picture Palace Facebook page, May 2016.

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