The Knocking Shop

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The Knocking Shop Micro Bar based on King Street in Fenton. offering a wide range of drinks including 2 cask ale lines and various ciders, stouts and lagers.

Come rain or shine, you will receive a friendly welcome and laughs along the way too!

03/11/2026

🤣🍻 THINGS YOU ONLY UNDERSTAND IF YOU RUN A PUB! 🍻🤣

People think running a pub is just pouring pints, having a laugh and chatting to customers… OH, HOW WRONG THEY ARE! 😂

Let’s talk about the things nobody warns you about when you become a landlord!

🤣 THE PUB THIEVES – People will nick absolutely anything that isn't nailed down. Glasses, toilet rolls, ornaments, decorations… We're half expecting someone to leave with the bloody bar!

🍺 THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ALWAYS RIGHT – Apparently, no matter what happens, the customer is ALWAYS right. Even when they're spectacularly, unbelievably WRONG! 😂

🚽 THE TOILETS – Oh dear Lord! Some of the things we find in there are beyond human understanding. We could write a book, but honestly, you'd never eat your dinner again. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! 🤢😂

🏠 THE ONES WHO NEVER WANT TO GO HOME – We've turned the lights on, turned the music off, put the chairs up and practically started sweeping around your feet… BUT STILL THEY SIT THERE! 🤣 Do we need to send a search party?

🗣️ THE CONVERSATIONS – You hear things in a pub that you couldn't make up if you tried. Affairs, arguments, family dramas, medical problems, financial disasters and stories that really should never be shared in public! 😂

🛋️ THE UNPAID COUNSELLOR – Apparently, we're not just landlords. We're marriage counsellors, agony aunts, therapists, relationship experts and mediators. Everyone's got a problem and we're expected to solve it between pouring pints!

🏦 THE PUB BANK – "Can you lend me a tenner?" "Can I pay you Friday?" "Can you just look after this for me?" 🤣 We're a pub, not NatWest!

🤦‍♀️ THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT – Too hot, too cold, music too loud, music too quiet, drinks too expensive, drinks not strong enough, someone's sitting in their favourite seat… YOU NAME IT!
And let's not forget we're expected to be cleaners, plumbers, electricians, security guards, entertainers, stock controllers, mind readers and bloody miracle workers!

But here's the thing…

❤️ Despite the madness, the drama, the long hours, the things that go missing and the things we'd rather NEVER see again…
WE WOULDN'T SWAP IT FOR THE WORLD!
Well… ask us again on a Monday morning after a busy weekend! 🤣🤣

To all our customers pub, we love you really… even the awkward ones! 😉
PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE TOILET ROLL ON YOUR WAY OUT! 🤣🍻

Please this is just light hearted banter 🫣

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02/11/2026

Coming to The Knocking Shop shortly 🍺

31/10/2026
Both now pouring....Extrovert by Siren Craft Brew on kegSwordfish by Wadworth on caskGet yourself down before they're go...
30/10/2026

Both now pouring....

Extrovert by Siren Craft Brew on keg

Swordfish by Wadworth on cask

Get yourself down before they're gone

24/10/2026

Something different, on cask, currently conditioning in our cellar......

SWORDFISH by Wadworth

Swordfish ale is a unique blend of Wadworth b**r and Pusser’s Navy Rum with an ABV of 5%, perfect for those who like to enjoy something a little different.

Starting the weekend, the right way.OPEN TODAY UNTIL 11PM!!!Get in The Knocking Shop out of this horrific weather.Get a ...
23/10/2026

Starting the weekend, the right way.

OPEN TODAY UNTIL 11PM!!!

Get in The Knocking Shop out of this horrific weather.

Get a nice warm welcome and a great b**r too. Maybe the heating might be on too with this weather we are due 🥶 🧊 🤣

16/10/2026
Head over to The Great British Pub Crawl page on YouTube to watch yesterday's crawl. Good insight into the pubs around t...
11/10/2026

Head over to The Great British Pub Crawl page on YouTube to watch yesterday's crawl. Good insight into the pubs around the area but if you want to see just The Knocking Shop then skip to 24:20(ish)

Thanks Dale and Holly From The Pub Crawl and Jody Elizabeth Newman Andrew Parkin and the rest of the guys who came to pay us a visit yesterday, was lovely to see you all 🍺 🍻 💋 🥂

We are back in Stoke On Trent and we kick off in Trent Vale before ...

Fantastic to see Dale and Holly From The Pub Crawl again. Lovely to catch up and glad you enjoyed the Polly's Brew Co. -...
11/10/2026

Fantastic to see Dale and Holly From The Pub Crawl again. Lovely to catch up and glad you enjoyed the Polly's Brew Co. - Rosebud.

Great to see Dale and Holly From The Pub Crawl. Thanks for calling in 💋
10/10/2026

Great to see Dale and Holly From The Pub Crawl. Thanks for calling in 💋

A short taxi ride into Fenton for today's other sponsor... the wonderfully quirky The Knocking Shop

Address

297 King Street, Fenton
Stoke-on-Trent
ST43EJ

Opening Hours

Wednesday 4pm - 9pm
Thursday 4pm - 9pm
Friday 2pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm
Sunday 1pm - 8pm

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