| As I understand it, the 'no drinking outside in the evening rule' coincided with the smoking ban to try to stop pub customers moving outside wholesale with their pints and fags, hence blocking the pavement and providing a source of glass should something kick off.
There are plenty of places where you can drink outdoors up here, but pretty much all of them are either well off the pavement or outside the city centre.
(It could be to try and reduce the number of bloody tourists milling about too, but I probably shouldn't mention that one!) |