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Good Beer Guide pub in Islington, near Angel Station and just off City Road.

It's quite small inside; the tables in one room are quite close together, and on the Thursday evening of Bob's November 2007 visit the area round the bar was packed.

Landlord was well-kept, and cost £2.90/pint. They had a Deuchars on as well. (As of April 2008, Stonch's Beer Blog reports that they now have Dark Star Hophead as their house beer.)

Food is rather interesting, in a gastropubby kind of way. The menu is written up on blackboards. There are mains and desserts as well as a range of bar snacks/starters, e.g hummous and toast, and it presumably changes quite regularly. They have wasabi peas. Shepherds pie with a salad was £9.50, and was very tasty. The salad was dressed very well.

On Ewan's visit on a Sunday lunchtime in April 2008, the place was quite full and getting fuller, though there was a small table available. The Dark Star was off, but there was Butcombe Bitter (£1.40/half, and tasty) and Tring Great Gully, as well as Fuller's Honey Dew, Leffe, King Ludwig Weissbier and other lagers. There's a good wine list on the chalkboard above the bar, with small glasses at £3.20-5, and bottles ranging from £13-30. Mains were from around £9-12.

They used to offer free wireless, but on an Autumn 2008 visit Rowley Birkin QC learned from the staff that this is no longer the case. The Dark Star Hophead was on, though, and was fine.

See also:

• Beer In The Evening comments
• Fancyapint review
• Time Out review
• Boak And Bailey review
• Chowhound thread
• Funthyme review

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