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A new pub in Holborn converted from a former restaurant, and run by the same people behind the Euston Tap.

Outside on opening day, there is little indication that this is a pub aside from the A-board advertising the opening. Awnings still show the name of the former restaurant in this site, though undoubtedly this will change over the coming months.

Inside, the space is broken up by columns and is fitted out entirely with high tables and stools, with most tables large enough for around 4-5 people. The polished floors and lack of decoration mean the noise bounces around the space and it is predictably loud with the opening night crowds, and will no doubt be busy with after-work drinkers every day.

The bar is built around a large central pillar into the bricks of which are fitted gravity taps for cask and keg beers. These are all chalked up above the taps and are constantly changing. Standard prices for cask ales seem to be £3.40. Brewers such as Williams Bros and Dark Star are heavily represented, and Ewan tried a Williams Brothers Scottish Joker and Dark Star Sussex Extra Stout on cask, as well as a Black Isle Porter and a Kostritzer Schwarzbier on keg, all of which were well-kept and served.

Although the kitchen wasn't open on Ewan's opening night visit, it is now open and serving burgers and steak sandwiches, amongst other things (as updated on their Twitter account). There is a large downstairs dining space which was still very much under construction on the opening night.

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