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| [[Category Young's|Young's]] pub not far north of [[Moorgate Station]]. |
Decent enough [[Category Young's|Young's]] pub not far north of [[Moorgate Station]]. Note that it's closed on weekends. |
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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. |
On [[bob]]'s 2007 visit, it was relatively crowded early on a Friday evening. The sausage platter was OK, and the beer was drinkable. Ales available were Special, Ordinary, and Bombardier. |
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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. |
[[Kake]] visited again on a Tuesday lunchtime in the week before Christmas 2008. The ale choices were again Special, Ordinary (1.55/half), and Bombardier. There were about a dozen people in at noon, and more kept arriving; by 12:15 it was really filling up to the point where I drank up and left to free up my table. There was no music when I arrived, but they turned it on shortly before I left (Christmas music, though not annoyingly loud). |
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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. |
According to the Young's website as of December 2008, food is served noon-10pm Monday to Friday. It's not cheap - specials noted on a December 2008 visit were priced 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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[[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. |
Accessibility: 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. |
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From the breakfast menu, I chose the kale, spinach, and chilli pancakes with bacon and poached eggs (£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. 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. |
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* [https://www.yelp.com/biz/finchs-bar-london Yelp comments] * [https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14764/ WhatPub entry] |
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/8346/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub409.html Fancyapint review] * [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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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], September 2017. Opening hours taken from Finch's website, September 2017.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], 16 December 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from Young's website, December 2008.</div> |
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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. Note that it's closed on weekends.
On bob's 2007 visit, it was relatively crowded early on a Friday evening. The sausage platter was OK, and the beer was drinkable. Ales available were Special, Ordinary, and Bombardier.
Kake visited again on a Tuesday lunchtime in the week before Christmas 2008. The ale choices were again Special, Ordinary (1.55/half), and Bombardier. There were about a dozen people in at noon, and more kept arriving; by 12:15 it was really filling up to the point where I drank up and left to free up my table. There was no music when I arrived, but they turned it on shortly before I left (Christmas music, though not annoyingly loud).
According to the Young's website as of December 2008, food is served noon-10pm Monday to Friday. It's not cheap - specials noted on a December 2008 visit were priced between £9.25 (roasted vegetable dauphinoise with red wine jus and watercress) and £16 (8oz sirloin steak with dauphinoise, shallots, and green beans).
Accessibility: 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.
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Last visited by Kake, 16 December 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from Young's website, December 2008.
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