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Pub alongside the common in Mitcham, part of the Butcher and Barrel pub chain.

Entry is into the main bar area, which is airy and spacious. To the right is a separate restaurant section, and beyond that is a large beer garden.

bob, Kake, and Richardc visited on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in September 2012. There was a wedding reception going on in the restaurant section and some of the beer garden, but there were still plenty of tables in the main bar and in the rest of the garden.

They had London Pride, Doom Bar, Summer Lightning, Cottage Atlantic (£3.10/pint), and Courage Directors on when we arrived. The Summer Lighting turned out to be off when we tried to order it, though. The member of bar staff thought it might be off but let bob try it to make sure; when he confirmed it had gone off, the pump clip was turned round immediately. The Cottage Atlantic was a very nice pint and certainly kept well. Stowford Press cider was £3.80/pint.

Between us we shared a "butcher's plate" sharing platter (£12) photo, which consisted of BBQ pork spare ribs, chicken skewers, sausages, and beef kofte served with piccalilli and a salad of (undressed) rocket. Kake felt that the chicken skewers and beef kofte were a bit dry. The ribs weren't marinaded in the BBQ sauce, just very lightly drizzled in it after cooking, but since the sauce was overly sweet and lacking in flavour it wasn't particularly missed. The sausage was pretty good.

They serve breakfast from 8am-noon every day, according to a board seen outside in September 2012 photo

Accesibility: A ramp to get in. Step-free to the bar, toilets, and most of the seating once you're in, though a few of the tables are on a dais. Unsure whether there are steps to access the beer garden from inside, but there's definitely level access if you go back out the front door and enter the beer garden from there. There is a RADAR locked accessible toilet. The pub has a car park at the front.

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