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  • 020 7407 2495
  • 9 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • 6am-9am, 11am-11pm Mon-Fri; noon-11pm Sat-Sun

Good Beer Guide pub located on the edge of Borough Market.

Serves a wide range of beers. Normally has at least eight different beers on, normally very random things you will see in very few other places. Beer quality can sometimes be variable but has become more consistently good again recently. They often only get small quantities in of the rarer beers, so you might find that something available at lunchtime has run out by mid-evening. Beers observed on Kake's February 2008 visit included Triple fff's Pressed Rat And Warthog (£2.75), Ice Queen, Everards Pitch Black (£2.75), and Harvey's Sussex Best.

The Market Porter won Beer In The Evening "Pub of the year" in 2006 and has a small stack of CAMRA awards on the back of the bar. It has an early licence for the market workers.

The ground floor seating has recently been extended, with the toilets having been moved downstairs into the basement. This has made this pub much more pleasant since you're more likely to get a seat on a weeknight. People often don't seem to notice the area at the back, so it's a good idea to walk all the way to the back of the pub when looking for a seat. Additionally, there is a lot of room outside, with people standing around inside the closed market sometimes, which sometimes means that there is more space inside the pub than you might think.

However you may still have to struggle to find a seat on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, unless you arrive by about 4pm or so; the proximity of Borough Market as well as London Bridge Station means that it's very popular. If drinking outside on a busy night, your beer will come in a plastic glass (so be prepared to be asked "inside or outside" at the bar).

Food at lunchtimes only. Not sure if you can eat in the bar or if you have to go to the restaurant upstairs. The notices on the walls are slightly contradictory (as of February 2008); although they all agree that food is available noon-3pm Mon-Fri and noon-5pm Sun, one of them also claims food is available noon-5pm on Saturdays too. Not sure which to believe.

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Last visited by Kake and doop, 28 February 2008.
OS X co-ord: 532585 OS Y co-ord: 180197 (Latitude: 51.504650 Longitude: -0.089447)
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