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Bustling Broadway Market offers numerous drinking options, but none has a finer beer selection than The Dove, sister establishment to Clerkenwell's Dovetail.
Traditionally, the beer in this place was almost exclusively from the low countries. The Dove still offers a fine selection of Belgian beers on tap, but the spread is these days tempered with a handful of craft beers from more local breweries. Never fear, though, you can still get one of the paddles of four thirds of Belgian beer.
Meanwhile, the bottled-beer menu is lengthy beyond reason. A good range of food and wines complement the truly gourmet beer experience. And it's all summed up in the table-top menus, in case you want to ponder before approaching the bar.
This is not a place for downing pints but for sipping your beer slowly and savouring the complex flavour. But though the produce is top class, the atmosphere, thankfully, is about as unpretentious as it’s possible to be on Broadway Market.
It’s an excellent place to come for a quiet drink during the week, or for a more lively (and packed) scene at weekends. And if the strength, range and quality of the drinks tempts you into overindulgence, at least you can claim it was all done in the name of self-improvement.
An updated version of text originally written by Jonathan Knott. Images below are from 2014 and might not reflect the current look of the pub. We leave them in for nostalgia.
