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A refurbished Victorian pub, the name shortened in August 2011 from The Brownswood Park Tavern, when it was taken over by the same people who run [[Jolly Butchers, N16 7HU|The Jolly Butchers]] and [[Rose And Crown, N16 9ES|The Rose & Crown]] in [[Locale Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]], and [[Wrestlers, N6 4AA|The Wrestlers]].  The Brownswood is located by the north-west corner of Clissold Park, on the borders of [[Locale Finsbury Park|Finsbury Park]] (the area was historically called Brownswood Park, hence the name of the pub).

This is a very large pub, with seating areas on either side of a large central bar <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/6895778326/ photo]</small>, itself straddling what would once have been two distinct rooms, and another large room (available for hire) usptairs with lots of light, and an extensive beer garden.  Decor is all solidly wooden, with bare wooden floors and clean minimally-decorated walls.  A rope runs along the bottom of the bar counter, and some of the walls, a very restrained touch of flair.  No music was playing on [[Ewan]]'s Bank Holiday Monday visit in August 2011.

There are eight handpulls, dispensing two real ciders (Weston's Old Rosie and Thatcher's Heritage), five regular ales (Harvey's Sussex Best, Hopback GFB, St Austell Tribute, Fuller's ESB, and Timothy Taylor's Landlord), and one guest ale (Brodie's Amarilla on [[Ewan]]'s August 2011 visit) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/7041875453/ photo]</small>.  The regular beer and cider offerings are all distinguished by having permanent carved wooden pumpclips, which extends to all the kegged beers as well (including Amstel, Sagres, Staropramen, Guinness, and Addlestone's cider).  The only sign of branding is the one guest ale pumpclip, and the two fonts for Hoegaarden and Pilsner Urquell (kept to the edge of the bar area).  There are, additionally, three ciders dispensed from taps in wooden cask fronts (presumably facades, given their identical appearance and permanent fixtures) situated behind the bar.

Food is served, which in August 2011 was from a fairly short menu, but including pub favourites such as fish and chips, sausage & mash, and a house burger (each &pound;10), and the customer can specify how the latter is cooked ([[Kerry]] asked for rare as possible, and it was indeed faithfully medium-rare).  The fish and chips are served with mushy peas, and come out very crispily battered, with equally crispy chips, a fine example of the form.  There are also larger dishes, with a vegetarian option (including a vegetarian option for the sausage & mash).

[[Ewan]]'s verdict: This is a pleasant, spacious, and bright pub, with friendly service.  It had only just reopened and still seemed freshly-decorated, so it will be interesting to see how it develops.

Accessibility: The main entrance has a step to get in, but there's an entrance at the side from Green Lanes which just has a little wooden threshold.  There are no steps to the toilets, but there's a step from there to the garden from the inside (although none to the beer garden from the street).

See also:
* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pub/802 Fancyapint review]
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/4299/ Beer In The Evening comments]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and [[Kerry]], 29 August 2011.</div>

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