The Good Intent

You'll find yourself tucked into Great Western Arcade—that gorgeous Victorian passageway off Colmore Row—where The Good Intent sits like it's always been there. It's the kind of place where the bar staff actually know their stuff about beer without being insufferable about it, and the crowd's a proper mix of after-work drinkers, regulars who've claimed their spot, and people who've wandered in because they love what Craddocks is doing. The ales rotate, the food lands somewhere between comfort and clever, and there's enough character in the original features to remind you this building's got stories.