Want to start a good pub debate? Try discussing what’s in front of you. If you’re quaffing a pint of Porter, you’re imbibing fairly contentious stuff: there are not only debates as to its origin, but also its composition and even its name. A popular …
Photo courtesy of The White Horse Trotting into Exchange Place near Liverpool Street is The White Horse. A lighter, airier (and by no means “old man”) pub with a bit of rustic style, it’s a pleasant place to sip a pint … or to grab …
Open since June 2010, The Bowler is on the borders of picturesque Wandsworth Common. It was previously a branch of family favourite Dexter’s before its parent company entered administration last year and its reincarnation as an upmarket pub-stroke-restaurant is down to Alexander Kersjes, the chap …
The Compass Invited to check out a new opening in Rotherhithe, we fell at the first hurdle of finding it. Put the postcode into your Google Maps, though, because it’s worth the effort. An impromptu tour of Rotherhithe’s backstreets later, we’d even go as far …
The Antelope, Tooting Welcome to Dining Beyond Zone 1, our series of restaurant reviews dedicated to seeking out quality local places to dine beyond the frenzy of Central London! At Londonist we love a hidden gem, but heading to a pub in Tooting for dinner …
Tonight’s Big Ideas event upstairs at the Wheatsheaf (Rathbone Place) was programmed before the General Election but seems all the more apposite given our hung parliament. The pub discussion will argue the case for and against party politics in these supposedly pragmatic times, where ‘whatever …
The Tommyfield, Kennington Perhaps the word “new” is stretching it a little here. Longstanding Kennington pub The White Hart shut for all of about two weeks before re-opening under a new alias as The Tommyfield. Apparently, The White Hart was too common a name and …
Image by Tanya N from the Londonist Flickr pool It’s going to be a warm Marathon – the Met Office is predicting temperatures of around 20°C, roughly the same as the ‘heatwave’ race of 2007 that caused 73 participants to land in hospital. If you’re …
Following the success of Hither Green Cinema‘s first event back in October, it’s got funding and is back as a regular fixture. While waiting their permanent home at the new St Swithun’s Theatre, there’ll be a programme of films celebrating railways and trains at – …
Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Kindly, these booze-savvy Fancyapinters have decided to …
On a buzzy Friday night we were invited to Public House for dinner. The name suggested boozer but we couldn’t picture the location on Islington Park Street. The website yelped elegant bar and the sample menu made us salivate. Were we going to a pub …
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