What's the secret of the George & Dragon Pub's mad matchmaking skills? Is it its deep selection of English beers on tap? Is it the televised soccer games, the trivia night, the free pool on Mondays? We don't know. All we do know is that this Fremont joint has a gift for pairing off singles, and it can't be exclusively the beer's doing, but it probably doesn't hurt.
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