Possible Clues:

• Drink up what's there nearby
• The anesthetic lidocaine, e.g.
• Train that makes lots of stops
• Lifelong resident
• Implying something less fattening from the pub?
• Pub's thinking sensibly when throwing out soldier
• Like some produce and bands
• See one using phone half cut in bar
• Belonging to the area
• It's not an express