If some people are to be believed, gastropubs are to blame for most, if not all, of the world's ills.
These traditionalists fume that the "proper boozer" is dying a death, when in reality all that has happened is that pubgoers now have the choice to have a half decent bite to eat if they so wish. There are plenty of proper boozers near me in south London...
The latest accusation to be thrown at gastropubs is that they are to blame for the decline in darts playing, with a Save Our Darts campaign set up.
But operators are hitting back.
Gastropub group Geronimo Inns has challenged 11-times darts champion Phil Taylor - who has backed the campaign - to a game of darts at its Black Swan pub.
In the interests of fairness, Taylor will be asked to play MD Rupert Clevely with his left hand or blindfolded.
I was going to suggest the Swan gets Taylor drunk instead, forgetting that this is ideal preparation for darts players.
Jeremy Clarkson has some interesting thoughts on the decline of darts
What do you think? Are gastropubs unfairly derided or fair game? Let us know
