The Lifeboat

You'll find yourself drawn to the bar at The Lifeboat for the same reason everyone else does—it's the sort of place where you can nurse a pint and actually hear yourself think, but the energy never feels dead. The crowd here skews local, the kind of spot where boat people rub shoulders with families grabbing a weekend lunch, and nobody's pretending to be anywhere fancier than a good pub should be. Service is genuinely warm, the beer selection respects what people actually want to drink, and the food hits that sweet spot between proper and unpretentious.