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| A popular pub on Rosebery Avenue just by Exmouth Market, in [[Locale Clerkenwell|Clerkenwell]]. As of 31 October 2013, the pub has been rebranded as a Capital Pub Company pub and shortened its name from The Wilmington Arms <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2580386301/ photo]</small>. The comments below pre-date these changes. |
A popular pub on Rosebery Avenue just by Exmouth Market, in [[Locale Clerkenwell|Clerkenwell]]. |
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This refurbished pub near the intersection with [[Locale Farringdon|Farringdon]] Road may use some of the cliches of the gastropub conversion — worn wooden tables with benches, bare floors, chalkboard specials — but it doesn't sacrifice any of the essential qualities of a good pub. Its additional focus on hosting a variety of events in a separate live venue ensures that there are always new crowds of young and trendy drinkers, so even on a Thursday evening the place was still just about full. |
This refurbished pub near the intersection with [[Locale Farringdon|Farringdon]] Road may use some of the cliches of the gastropub conversion -- worn wooden tables with benches, bare floors, chalkboard specials -- but it doesn't sacrifice any of the essential qualities of a good pub. Its additional focus on hosting a variety of events in a separate live venue ensures that there are always new crowds of young and trendy drinkers, so even on a Thursday evening the place was still just about full. |
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The pub itself stretches back to take in two conjoined rooms, with plenty of tables and a couple of booths near the back. Out front there are benches alongside the road. The live venue space is on the other side of the bar in a side room and has a separate entrance from the street. |
The pub itself stretches back to take in two rooms, with plenty of tables and a couple of booths near the back. Out front there are benches alongside the road. The live venue appears to be downstairs and has a separate entrance. |
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The bar has the usual range of dependable draught lagers like Amstel, Heineken, Budvar, Hoegaarden, and Guinness (£3.30/pint). There are also a couple of handpulls for ale, which seem to be tied to the Greene King brewery — on our visit in May 2009, they were just running out of the Olde Trip (£3.10/pint) and had soon put another on in its place, and in July 2009, the beers were Greene King LBW (a cricket-themed beer for the Ashes) and Bateman's XXXB (£3.10/pint), while in February 2011 the St Edmunds ale was in good form. Strongbow is available on draught for cider drinkers. Spirits are jokingly split into categories (OAP vs ASBO, etc.) |
The bar has the usual range of dependable draught lagers like Amstel, Heineken, Budvar, Hoegaarden, and Guinness (£3.30/pint). There are also a couple of handpulls for ale, which seemed to be featuring a lot of Greene King ales -- on our visit in May 2009, they were just running out of the Olde Trip (£3.10/pint) and had soon put another on in its place. |
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Food is served noon-9pm Monday to Thursday, noon-4pm Friday, and 1pm-8pm on Saturday and Sunday. There's a seasonal menu, with a few snack-type foods (a bowl of chips, or hummous with pitta bread, £3.50, the latter of which came with slightly toasted pitta and a nice spicy hummous) and a variety of mains <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/3768895182/sizes/l/ photo of menu in July 2009]</small>. A separate chalkboard lists daily specials as well as which of the Pieminister pies are on offer. [[Ewan]]'s posh cheese and onion pie (£8) was perfectly decent, served with either mash or chips, as well as some slightly over-cooked peas <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/3768897238/ photo]</small>. |
Food is served noon-9pm Monday to Thursday, noon-4pm Friday, and 1pm-8pm on Saturday and Sunday. There's a seasonal menu, with a few snack-type foods (a bowl of chips, or hummous with pitta bread, £3.50, the latter of which came with slightly toasted pitta and a nice spicy hummous) and a variety of mains <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/3579955586/ photo of menu in May 2009]</small>. A separate chalkboard listed daily specials. |
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* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub443.php Fancyapint review] * [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/23380/ Pubs Galore comments] |
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* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub443.html Fancyapint review] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], [[Kat]], Jo and others, February 2011. Opening hours taken from website, March 2011. Food times taken from menu, May 2009.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], [[bob]] and others on the Iterative Pub Crawl, 28 May 2009. Food times taken from menu, May 2009.</div> |
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category='Accessible Toilet,Capital Pub Company,Comedy,Featured Article,Good Beer Guide 2015,Good Beer Guide 2016,Iterative Pub Crawl 2009,Live Music,Pub Food,Pubs,Real Ale,Smoking Area,Step-Free Access' |
category='Accessible Toilet,Comedy,Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Live Music,Pubs,Real Ale,Smoking Area,Step-Free Access' |
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summary='A trendy and busy pub near Exmouth Market.'
summary='A trendy and busy pub near Exmouth Market.' website='http://www.capitalpubcompany.com/our-pubs/the-wilmington/' |
summary='A trendy and busy pub near Exmouth Market.' website='http://www.capitalpubcompany.com/our-pubs/the-wilmington/' |
A popular pub on Rosebery Avenue just by Exmouth Market, in Clerkenwell.
This refurbished pub near the intersection with Farringdon Road may use some of the cliches of the gastropub conversion -- worn wooden tables with benches, bare floors, chalkboard specials -- but it doesn't sacrifice any of the essential qualities of a good pub. Its additional focus on hosting a variety of events in a separate live venue ensures that there are always new crowds of young and trendy drinkers, so even on a Thursday evening the place was still just about full.
The pub itself stretches back to take in two rooms, with plenty of tables and a couple of booths near the back. Out front there are benches alongside the road. The live venue appears to be downstairs and has a separate entrance.
The bar has the usual range of dependable draught lagers like Amstel, Heineken, Budvar, Hoegaarden, and Guinness (£3.30/pint). There are also a couple of handpulls for ale, which seemed to be featuring a lot of Greene King ales -- on our visit in May 2009, they were just running out of the Olde Trip (£3.10/pint) and had soon put another on in its place.
Food is served noon-9pm Monday to Thursday, noon-4pm Friday, and 1pm-8pm on Saturday and Sunday. There's a seasonal menu, with a few snack-type foods (a bowl of chips, or hummous with pitta bread, £3.50, the latter of which came with slightly toasted pitta and a nice spicy hummous) and a variety of mains photo of menu in May 2009. A separate chalkboard listed daily specials.
Accessibility: There is no step to get in, and although toilets are upstairs, there's an accessible toilet at the back of the ground level with a radar lock.
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Last visited by Ewan, bob and others on the Iterative Pub Crawl, 28 May 2009. Food times taken from menu, May 2009.
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