The Fitzroy Tavern: A Sam Smiths Bastard
In a world of bad hombres, smart cookies and Jeremy Corbyn, opening up a newspaper could leave you in dire need or a strong and stable lager*. One such purveyor […]
Category Archives: ** A Pint at a Push
Riverside Cafe Bar (York)
It isn’t pretty, and not always terribly fair, but sometimes a place just needs a good kicking. And right now the Riverside Cafe Bar in York is just such a place. On […]
The Golden Fleece (Stamford)
Located at the confluence of the Gwash and Welland rivers, Stamford has many strings to its bow. It has great historical interest due it being almost halfway between York and […]
The Dickens Inn E1W 1UH (Tube: Tower Hill)
This pub annoys me to the point I’m not entirely sure where to start. Because of this I’m not even going to try and write a proper review and am […]
The Golden Ball (York)
In their dreams, there are some people who think pubs should be like this. Most of those people are probably university lecturers, social workers, or morris dancers. They are all […]
The Old George E2 0AN (Tube: Bethnal Green)
The first clue you get that this pub can’t really be bothered is by noting that it doesn’t even open till four. I discovered this after calling to book a […]
The Cat and Mutton – Rebooted E8 4QJ (Train: London Fields)
Given that this pub is something of an East London institution it felt worthy of me paying it a visit with an eye to a fresh review after its recent […]
The Assembly House NW5 2TG (Tube: Kentish Town)
It’s the second time we’ve raided this pub and still no review. Read between the lines. Well, try and read between the lines because there aren’t going to be many. […]
The Railway Inn (Stamford)
I have only vague memories of pubs in the 1990s given that I was only 14 when they finished. Those memories are dominated by red faux-velvet upholstery tacked down with […]
The Nags Head SW1X 8ED (Tube: Kensington)
Rules are a necessary part of civilisation as we know it. Rules are why when I cross a zebra crossing I don’t get mown down by a maniac in a […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 