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[[Category Young's|Young's]] pub not far north of [[Moorgate Station]].
Decent enough Young's pub not far north of [[Moorgate Station]].
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It was previously known as the Master Gunner (see <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Finch%27s%2C_EC2A_1AN&version=18">earlier version of this page</a> for more details), but was refurbished and renamed to Finch's in 2014.
Relatively crowded early on a Friday evening. The sausage platter is okay. The beer was drinkable. Had Special, Ordinary and Bombardier on tap.
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Today, the pub stretches back a fair way from the street entrance, with the bar along one wall and the rest of the space broken up by pillars and glass-and-metal room dividers. The floor is wooden throughout, and exposed brickwork adds interest.
Food is served noon-10pm Monday to Friday.
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It opens out a bit more towards the back, where large windows let in the natural light that's mostly absent in the other areas of the pub. A square of flooring here is painted in an abstract design which alongside the windows, room dividers, and distressed hoop-backed wooden chairs gives it almost the feel of a summerhouse. In the basement is a bookable function room known as Henry's Den.
See also:
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[http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/8346/ Beer In The Evening comments]
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[http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub409.html Fancyapint review]
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[http://www.youngs.co.uk/pub-detail.asp?PubID=426 Young's website]
* [http://www
.bview.co.uk/listing/0677901/t/reviews/Master-Gunner-in-EC2A BView comments]
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[[Kake]] visited on a Tuesday morning in September 2017. There were just a couple of other customers when I arrived around 9:15am. Music was playing, not too loud. Three of the five handpumps were clipped for Young's Bitter, Young's London Gold, and Belleville Calif-Oregon Amber, with Young's Special and Southwark LPA marked as coming soon.
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Bob]], early 2007. Opening hours and food times taken from Young's website.</div>
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From the breakfast menu, I chose the kale, spinach, and chilli pancakes with bacon and poached eggs (&pound;9.50) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/36893057592/ photo]</small>. The pancakes had a undercooked, gluey texture, and the promised chilli seemed to be entirely absent. The eggs had properly runny yolks, but unfortunately also a rather too high proportion of completely uncooked white. The bacon and watercress were fine.
Comment added by Kake: Special, Ordinary (1.55/half), Bombardier. Ramp to get in, level access to the bar and most of the seating once you're in. Dedicated accessible toilet (think it might have been Radar locked). Other toilets down a flight of stairs, and there's a basement bar down there too. About a dozen people in at noon on a Tuesday the week before Christmas, and more keep arriving, though there's still plenty of space. No music. Food not cheap - specials are between 9.25 (roasted vegetable dauphinoise with red wine jus and watercress) and 16 (8oz sirloin steak with dauphinoise, shallots, and green beans).
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A pot of English breakfast tea arrived weak as requested, with a bite-size piece of chocolate brownie on the edge of the saucer.

Child-friendliness: There
's a pull-down nappy change table in the accessible toilet

Accessibility: A ramp to get in
, then step-free to bar and seating (the dais that was here in its previous incarnation has been removed). There's a RADAR-locked accessible toilet on the level, with low sink and hand dryer but no grab rails or alarm cord.

See also:
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[https://www.yelp.com/biz/finchs-bar-london Yelp comments]
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[https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14764/ WhatPub entry]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]]
, September 2017. Opening hours taken from Finch's website, September 2017.</div>
Comment added by Kake: Oh, they've just turned the music on, though it's not annoyingly loud. Place is filling up now, won't be many tables left soon.
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summary='Young's pub near Moorgate, previously known as the Master Gunner.'
website='http://themastergunner.co.uk/' website='http://www.finchspub.co.uk/'
summary='Decent enough young's pub near Moorgate.'
website='http://themastergunner.co.uk/' website='http://www.finchspub.co.uk/'

Decent enough Young's pub not far north of Moorgate Station.

Relatively crowded early on a Friday evening. The sausage platter is okay. The beer was drinkable. Had Special, Ordinary and Bombardier on tap.

Food is served noon-10pm Monday to Friday.

See also:

Last visited by Bob, early 2007. Opening hours and food times taken from Young's website.

Comment added by Kake: Special, Ordinary (1.55/half), Bombardier. Ramp to get in, level access to the bar and most of the seating once you're in. Dedicated accessible toilet (think it might have been Radar locked). Other toilets down a flight of stairs, and there's a basement bar down there too. About a dozen people in at noon on a Tuesday the week before Christmas, and more keep arriving, though there's still plenty of space. No music. Food not cheap - specials are between 9.25 (roasted vegetable dauphinoise with red wine jus and watercress) and 16 (8oz sirloin steak with dauphinoise, shallots, and green beans).

Comment added by Kake: Oh, they've just turned the music on, though it's not annoyingly loud. Place is filling up now, won't be many tables left soon.


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