Depending on who you ask, you are bound to get a different answer for which is the best watering hole in the city.
With the events of the pandemic leaving pubs closed for a large chunk of the last two years, it rammed home just how much we like our pubs.
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We decided to dive into The News archives and find photos from pubs across the city since the turn of the millennium.
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![Inside The Phoenix pub in Duncan Road, Southsea, in 2011. Pictured is: Regular punter Jackie Jackson-Darke (51) who has been coming to the pub since 1978. Picture: Sarah Standing (111742-3209)](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJlZWMzN2E1LTJiODctNDQzNi04N2RmLTQxMjQwODg4YTMwNzpiYTg0ZWM5Ni0yYjk5LTQ0NWItOThmYi1kNTUzMjRiNmE3MDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Pubs over the years
Inside The Phoenix pub in Duncan Road, Southsea, in 2011. Pictured is: Regular punter Jackie Jackson-Darke (51) who has been coming to the pub since 1978. Picture: Sarah Standing (111742-3209) Photo: Sarah Standing
![Inside The Old House at Home in Locksway Road, Milton in 2012. Pictured is landlord Steve Lant and landlady Leanne Medley. Picture: Paul Jacobs (122196-2)](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhmODI2MGJmLWFkNDQtNGZjMS1hYWE4LTIzODJmMjNjN2M2Yzo3Yjk2OTg0Yy1hZGU3LTRkM2QtOTllMS02MzFjM2ZjNGYyYmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Pubs over the years
Inside The Old House at Home in Locksway Road, Milton in 2012. Pictured is landlord Steve Lant and landlady Leanne Medley. Picture: Paul Jacobs (122196-2) Photo: Paul Jacobs
![Inside The Portsbridge pub in Cosham in 2011. Pictured: Punters celebrating Tina Bradley's 49th birthday party - (left to right) Marie Randall (46), Pauline Smith (55), Tina Bradley (49), Leah Curphey (39), and Tracey Ames (38). Picture: Malcolm Wells (113159-5736)](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ3NTJjZGQwLWU0M2EtNDFkMy05MzBjLTc2MWUzMmI5YzAwYjo1NWU1YzMyOS02OWEyLTQyYWItOGZlZS00OTMwMTU2M2Y2ZWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Pubs over the years
Inside The Portsbridge pub in Cosham in 2011. Pictured: Punters celebrating Tina Bradley's 49th birthday party - (left to right) Marie Randall (46), Pauline Smith (55), Tina Bradley (49), Leah Curphey (39), and Tracey Ames (38). Picture: Malcolm Wells (113159-5736) Photo: Malcolm Wells
![Inside The Festing pub in Festing Road, Southsea in the 00s. Picture: Michael Scaddan (051065-0110)](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFjYjc5NmIwLTVmZGYtNDA2ZS05OTIwLWRlOWFkZmY3YjFiMDo5YWEzMGU2MC1lOTBjLTRjMTQtYjkxZC0zNjVhZTk4YmUzYTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Pubs over the years
Inside The Festing pub in Festing Road, Southsea in the 00s. Picture: Michael Scaddan (051065-0110) Photo: Michael Scaddan