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An upmarket pub in Kentish Town, very near to Kentish Town West Station. It was extensively refurbished and renamed from The Grafton Arms in September 2012, when it was a rather more rough-hewed pub.

Inside, all is polished floors and solid tables, with tiling behind the bar, and no partitioning. This leaves an island bar in the centre serving spaces for seating on either side. On a Friday evening visit in October, the lighting was down low, with candles providing additional tableside illumination. Music was playing, not too loudly, but combined with the hubbub of the conversation, it created a fairly boisterous atmosphere, as one would expect for a Friday evening. There's a smoking area outside to the rear.

There are six handpulls for ale at the bar, dispensing mainly London beers on Ewan's visit, with Hackney Gold, London Fields Pale Ale, East London Foundation Bitter, Brodie's Bethnal Green Bitter, as well as Landlord and TEA, all decently kept (but with nothing darker than a bitter). Keg taps dispense Estrella, Staropramen and others.

Food is served noon-4pm Monday to Saturday, 6pm-9pm Thursday to Saturday, and noon "until it's gone" on Sunday. However, on a Friday evening visit in October (not too long after opening), the kitchen wasn't open, though they indicated scotch eggs would be available and that the kitchen would open in the evenings by November.

There's an upright piano up the back of the pub, with a note that there are singalongs on Sundays.

Accessibility: Shallow step to get in.

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Last visited by Ewan, October 2012. Food times taken from website, November 2012.
OS X co-ord: 528759 OS Y co-ord: 184727 (Latitude: 51.546249 Longitude: -0.142892)
This is version 1 (as of 2012-11-08 12:57:35). View current version.