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Rather nice pub just along the road from Bounds Green Station.

Serves Weston's Vintage (£3/pint as of April 2007). London Pride, something Adnams, and something else too. Continental beers available too (I think some of them on tap?), including Leffe, Hoegaarden, and Fruli.

The interior manages to be both cosy and modern at the same time. I sat outside, so am hazy on the details, but there were variously-shaped sofas and things as well as chairs. There's a covered patio area attached to the pub, and steps lead down from the patio to a fairly large beer garden photo with grass and lots of plants and those bench/table combination things, painted in different colours. Flowerpots on the tables are intended as ashtrays to stop people putting their cigarettes out on the grass, but the scattering of butts underneath each table suggests this isn't entirely successful.

Food is offered noon-3pm and 5pm-10pm Mondays-Fridays; noon-10pm Saturdays; and noon-9pm Sundays. I only had a quick look at the menu, but I remember main courses, desserts, and lighter meals. My steak pie was maybe about a quid overpriced for somewhere this far out of central London, at £8.90, and the pastry was a little tough in places, but the steak pieces were good — no fatty bits — and I also liked the mushrooms (portobello? not button, anyway) and baby onions. The new potatoes and fine green beans that came with it were just right, and the wholegrain mustard gravy over the whole was a lovely touch (and one of the reasons why I didn't feel ripped off by the price — why don't more pubs pay attention to detail like this?).

Quiz night on Tuesdays (as of April 2007 - the interweb suggests it's moved about a bit).

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