Melbourn Brothers/All Saint Brewery PE9 2PA (Stamford)
For me it is the mark of a good pub that you don’t know its name. The level of familiarity has gone past the point of names in much the […]
Tag Archives: bottled beer
The Parcel Yard N1C 4AH (Tube: Kings Cross St Pancras)
Pubs in train stations are almost universally dreadful. They rank somewhere with A&E waiting areas and traffic jams on the list of places that are dire and depressing. What these […]
The Tobie Norris PE9 2BE (Stamford)
To be found at no.12 St Paul’s Street, the building has a rich history (full of garlands of fresh ‘erbs) traceable back to the 13th century, from whence it has […]
The Antelope SW1W 8EZ (Tube: Sloane Square)
The greatest reality TV series yet to be made is ‘Toffs on the Lash’. Here are some exerts from it that I’ve entirely made up. ‘Oh blahdy hell Tristan old boy […]
The House of Trembling Madness (48 Stonegate, York) 01904 640009
In York, there are too many pubs with gunk-nozzled tomato sauce bottles on the tables. Thankfully, this is not one of them. Outside, along Stonegate, the snap-happy hordes are in […]
The Kings Stores E1 7HP (Tube: Liverpool Street)
In order to avoid boring anyone to death and give me time to do other things with my frankly pointless existence I’ve often fairly conservative with my word count when […]
Lincoln Lounge N1 9AB (Tube: Kings Cross)
Lounge is not a word I associate with pubs. It’s a word which I’d pair with ‘cocktail’, ‘first class’ or potentially ‘suit’ but not with the word pub. Despite my […]
Well and Bucket E2 7DG (Tube: Shoreditch High Street/Bethnal Green)
We’ve all been there. Stood at the bar not quite concentrating and pondering great questions. Cash or card? Do I know that person over there? Could that ache in my […]
The Star of Bethnal Green E2 6LG (Tube: Bethnal Green)
Sometimes you have to accept that some of the things that you love and hold dear will simply repulse other people. Perhaps your partner has a face like a poorly […]
The Porterhouse WC2E 7NA (Tube: Leicester Square)
There have been more than a few occasions on my trips around pubs where there has been a temptation to succumb to the lure of drinking until an ambulance is […]
Raiders of the Lost Pubs 