There is a company here in Boston that owns six or seven pubs, all with different names, but each one has the same "formula." Homey Irish atmosphere (ya know, Guinness advertising posters, Gaelic road signs, etc.), pseudo-Irish pub food, basic selection of stouts, etc. But because everyone seems to think they are all sepaartely-owned pubs (because of the different names, Kitty O'Shea's, the Purple Shamrock, the Black Rose, the Green Briar, etc.) they are now setting the standard for what a pub "should" be. And these places are pretty lame as far as authentic pub atmosphere goes.

Gareth; the only Watney's I know is the beer? I see the sign in pubs in England a lot...