that's a nice anecdote but unfortunately does not solve my problem
i just bought a tin of anchovies and some potato salad.
― Local Garda, Monday, 27 April 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
oh! you just reminded me of this really neat place, the Anchovy & Potato
can't quite remember where it is tho
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the old coffee house on (i think) beak street is good. does get a bit rammed though.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
HI DERE.
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub148.html
It's not Soho but it is very central and has the advantage of loads of screens in visible parts of the pub. Bit concrete and estate pubby but I think that puts off the huge throngs you get in other football pubs.
Failing that:
http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub304.html
One big screen, two smaller screens.
I would avoid the Old Coffee House, a bit too busy in my opinion.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
what about The Sun on Long Acre? have only watched a game in there once before tho
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Not central but what do people make of the newly opened Job Centre in Deptford?http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/09/job-centre-bar-gentrification-ironically-deptford
― online hardman, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 12:59 (nine years ago) link
is there a general london pub thread lads
scum of the earth tbh, i hope they go under
has the bonneville closed yet?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Apparently its alright because other pubs are named after what they used to house
― online hardman, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/TheJobCentrePub/status/477494336368553985
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
the blurb on their website is like a self-parody
eclectic, vintage, quirky, vinyl
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
It's like something from a Harry Enfield sketch a quarter of a century ago.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/0d1d3o132a0H0h1W3W0k/Untitled-2.png
― sktsh, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
revive! Can anyone recommend a decent regular or gastro-pub in the vicinity of the Tower of London? I suppose there will be a load of generic City Friday night boozers around there, but anywhere a bit better than that would be good...
― Neil S, Monday, 26 October 2015 12:24 (eight years ago) link
I'd cross back over Tower Bridge, head for something on Tower Bridge Road or Shad Thames - the Dean Swift, maybe? But I don't know that stretch of Bermondsey too well now.
― woof, Monday, 26 October 2015 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Yeah cross over Tower Bridge and head to Bermondsey Street. The Garrison is good, leaning heavily to the gastro side but good food and a nice atmosphere.
I've never actually been to a pub close to the actual Tower but I'm assuming it's all vertical City drinking and Great British Tourist Traps.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 October 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link
thanks guys, the Garrison looks very good.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 October 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link
dean swift is nice but kinda far away from the tower, even a few minutes after you get over the bridge. there is a draft house immediately over the bridge - functional, good beer, a bit devoid of soul maybe.
is the garrison the one with the kind of green astro turf in the backyard? that's a nice pub if so. i like it a lot around bermondsey street though i find the people who hang out there kind of braying/posh.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 26 October 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
Dean Swift is ace and is really not that far from the steps down to Shad Thames from Tower Bridge. Lafone Street is about 5 cobble-streeted minutes' walk from the steps - I lived there in a garden flat during my first summer in London.
― voodoo rage (suzy), Monday, 26 October 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
is the garrison the one with the kind of green astro turf in the backyard?
I think that's the Woolpack over the road, which can be okay but can also be hellish, especially on busy nights. Garrison is more laid-back, booking recommended especially if you'll be eating.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 October 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
ah right - is the garrison like extremely gastro, more a restaurant? i may have eaten there recently enough.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 26 October 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
anyone got any pub or bar recommendations around the New Cross Overground station area? Nothing fancy just not awful if possible!
― André Ryu (Neil S), Friday, 11 August 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
Think I'd head for Beer Rebellion at Queens Road Peckham - 15 minutes' walk away or one Overground stop.
― Madchen, Friday, 11 August 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
cheers! Ended up at the Royal Albert on New Cross Rd, a perfectly serviceable Antic pub.
― André Ryu (Neil S), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
That would have been my recommendation as well. I have a soft spot for the Marquis of Granby as well but I can see that's not for everyone.
― Matt DC, Monday, 14 August 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
the Marquis looks a bit more rough and ready right? Antic pubs are ten a penny these days but they do have the considerable virtue of serving good beer well
― André Ryu (Neil S), Monday, 14 August 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
The Albert is probably the best of all of them, mind. Helps that it opens late and was actually a pub before they took it on, so it has the right look and feel.
― Matt DC, Monday, 14 August 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link