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Location
London
Yelping SinceDecember 2005
Things I Lovemy family's Gumbo, the New Orleans Saints, live music, late dinner at St. John, cured, smoked, braised, tazed, the nasty bits
Find Me InLondon
My HometownNew Orleans, LA
My Blog Or Website When I'm Not Yelping...I noodle around trying to make people's lives (or work) better
Why You Should Read My ReviewsI write them to amuse myself
My Second Favorite Website The Last Great Book I ReadBirdsong or Neverwhere or East of Eden (again)
My First ConcertThe Jackson's Victory Tour
My Favorite MovieThe King is Alive (endless tinned carrots and Lear!)
My Last Meal On EarthLocal, organic, salt, pepper, chipotle powder
Don't Tell Anyone Else But...On airplanes I mix scotch with sparkling water.
Most Recent DiscoveryThat I see more movies on airplanes than anywhere else.
Current CrushLeftover haggis and the things you can do wi' it.
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Vintage fair, last Sunday of every month, upstairs at the lovely Crown & Greyhound.
It's a bit overpacked, typically, but the place is good and the shopkeepers are nice. It is of course hit or miss (especially if, like me, you're rather tall and long-armed and skinny) but overall the quality of the stuff is good. Email from the website to get on the mailing list!
It's a bit overpacked, typically, but the place is good and the shopkeepers are nice. It is of course hit or miss (especially if, like me, you're rather tall and long-armed and skinny) but overall the quality of the stuff is good. Email from the website to get on the mailing list!
A proper local pub for local people.
This is a nice enough place, though unless you're a posh-ish Dulwichite, you may feel a bit out of place. It's all families and rambling rooms and a nice upstairs and it doesn't at all feel like it's in Zone 3.
More like it's Dulwich village time.
Proper good pub grub, a couple of real ales, and it's a good old place. Especially nice on a Sunday Summer's afternoon nursing away a hangover with the help of a roast and a pint...
This is a nice enough place, though unless you're a posh-ish Dulwichite, you may feel a bit out of place. It's all families and rambling rooms and a nice upstairs and it doesn't at all feel like it's in Zone 3.
More like it's Dulwich village time.
Proper good pub grub, a couple of real ales, and it's a good old place. Especially nice on a Sunday Summer's afternoon nursing away a hangover with the help of a roast and a pint...
Every Saturday and Sunday, loads of stuff from £2 grab boxes full of stuff (I got a totally decent pair of cufflinks for £4...) to properly sorted vintage clothes. There's even a bit of stuff for blokes, and at reasonable prices, too.
Worth a trip out every now and then-- it's a bit hit or miss, as these things always are, but it's off the beaten track enough that you're likely to find some nice stuff.
Worth a trip out every now and then-- it's a bit hit or miss, as these things always are, but it's off the beaten track enough that you're likely to find some nice stuff.
Wedged in the crotch formed by the rails 'round Queenstown Road/Battersea is this lovely little pub. If the rails weren't there you'd be able to see Battersea Park and the Power Station.
Inside it's all clean and tat-free and well-scrubbed with a proper young man wif his sarf Lahndahn accent pulling pints. Reasonable prices plus a range of food plus outdoor seating make this a pub that's as unpretentious as a working class boozer but clean enough to take your kids to on a Sunday.
Plus, there's an honour system lending library onsite.
And it's well hidden. You might, in fact, have to seek it out. It might, in fact, be worth it.
Inside it's all clean and tat-free and well-scrubbed with a proper young man wif his sarf Lahndahn accent pulling pints. Reasonable prices plus a range of food plus outdoor seating make this a pub that's as unpretentious as a working class boozer but clean enough to take your kids to on a Sunday.
Plus, there's an honour system lending library onsite.
And it's well hidden. You might, in fact, have to seek it out. It might, in fact, be worth it.
Probably my favourite Brixton boozer.
Very old-school Brixton. Outdoor garden. Clean, nice atmospheric. Sometimes there's live jazz, other times there's an open mic, other times there's whatever else.
If there's a downside to this place, it's only that it seems like everyone knows each other and no one knows me.
But that'll change with time.
Very old-school Brixton. Outdoor garden. Clean, nice atmospheric. Sometimes there's live jazz, other times there's an open mic, other times there's whatever else.
If there's a downside to this place, it's only that it seems like everyone knows each other and no one knows me.
But that'll change with time.
Quite possibly my second-favourite place in my 'hood, but worth going out for.
Laid-back, mismatched tables and chairs, hand-painted tables that don't feel hippy at all (somehow), hip without trying, well-poured Guinness.
I am probably to old to be in there (I think everyone else was under 30, and I'm very much 'not to be trusted'.. But I felt welcome and not looked down at.
A decent selection of beers and a fabulous vibe. Not too dim, not too bright, comfortable.
Love in a pint glass.
Laid-back, mismatched tables and chairs, hand-painted tables that don't feel hippy at all (somehow), hip without trying, well-poured Guinness.
I am probably to old to be in there (I think everyone else was under 30, and I'm very much 'not to be trusted'.. But I felt welcome and not looked down at.
A decent selection of beers and a fabulous vibe. Not too dim, not too bright, comfortable.
Love in a pint glass.
45 Dean Street
London W1D 4QB
020 7439 4685
London W1D 4QB
020 7439 4685
Groucho Club
Categories: Social Clubs, Nightlife
Neighbourhood: Soho
Serious, old-school member's club. Understated posh. Idiosyncratic. Free twiglets.
A friend brought me to this place to discuss some potential business, and it's a fabulous place to sit and have a cocktail or a beer and discuss highbrow nature, while all pretending to be normalbrow. Relaxing. Friendly. Not sure what the membership costs, but it's one of the few places I'd consider joining.
The worst part? Farting around through Soho past all the drunkies to get there. Oh well.
A friend brought me to this place to discuss some potential business, and it's a fabulous place to sit and have a cocktail or a beer and discuss highbrow nature, while all pretending to be normalbrow. Relaxing. Friendly. Not sure what the membership costs, but it's one of the few places I'd consider joining.
The worst part? Farting around through Soho past all the drunkies to get there. Oh well.
As a music venue, a bit better than as "just" a pub. Some great stuff on in here, and almost never more than a fiver.
Also, extra points 'cos Bright Club is here-- the UCL comedy revue by UCL-related PHD students and professors. Thought provoking comedy by noncomedians. Awesome.
Also, extra points 'cos Bright Club is here-- the UCL comedy revue by UCL-related PHD students and professors. Thought provoking comedy by noncomedians. Awesome.
69 Rosebery Ave
London EC1R 4RL
020 7837 1384
London EC1R 4RL
020 7837 1384
The Wilmington Arms
Category: Pubs
Neighbourhood: Clerkenwell-Finsbury
Nice place, decent selection, and they can pour a proper guinness (maybe a tad heavy on the foam, but hey, it's difficult. +1 for not pouring the "extra cold" as I didn't ask.
Why only three stars? Bejeesus, £3.70 for a pint of Greene King ale? Seriously? I know it's a posh area, but seriously? It's a nice pub, but jebeesus, a death from a thousand cuts.
Why only three stars? Bejeesus, £3.70 for a pint of Greene King ale? Seriously? I know it's a posh area, but seriously? It's a nice pub, but jebeesus, a death from a thousand cuts.
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Enormous amounts of outdoor seating, decent ale prices for SW1, on the main road, but off the beaten track. And the poor pink-haired bar girl was just... lost, in a really funky way. I hope it was a good night dear.
Well-kept and not tatty. A place for a Skiving Sunny Wednesday afternoon. And a book.