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Food is served lunchtimes and evenings <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2608502725/sizes/l/ photo of regular menu as of June 2008]</small>. It's very good with interesting specials (though they don't often change).
The food is very good with interesting specials (though they don't often change). It's served noon-3pm and 5pm-9:30pm Monday to Friday, noon-2:45pm and 5pm-9:30pm Saturday, and noon-5pm Sunday (roast lunch, with a vegetarian option).
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* [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2608502725/sizes/l/ Photo of the menu as of June 2008] (do note though that the specials board is usually much more interesting!)
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and others, 6 March 2009. Opening hours and food times taken from advert in the April/May 2009 London Drinker.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and others, 6 March 2009. Opening times and food times taken from the Harveys website, June 2007, except the Saturday times which were confirmed by [[Kake]] over the phone, August 2008.</div>
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Good Beer Guide pub near Borough Station. Owned by Harvey's, and so normally has the full range of Harveys beer, including the seasonals.

It has two rooms linked by a small lobby at the front door and the bar in between them serving both. Service is very friendly, as are the regulars found propped along the bar. Can get busy in the evenings, but on a Saturday afternoon in October 2008 was very quiet (no music is played either).

There are seven hand-pulls, with Best Bitter (£3/pint), pale (£2.80), mild (£2.70), which are generally always available. On a visit in September 2008, there was also the very excellent London Olympia Golden Ale (£3.20), and seasonals Armada (£3.20) and South Down Harvest (£3.30). The seasonals are regularly changed and others like Copperwheat and Tom Paine have also been on in the past, and other ales are changed fairly often (the Old Ale in March 2009 was particularly tasty). In September, they also had Thatcher's Heritage Cider on handpull (£3.20), as well as an extensive range of Weston's ciders on draught. You can also get bottles of the Imperial Extra Double Stout (£3.85), which at 9% is a fairly heady concoction.

The food is very good with interesting specials (though they don't often change). It's served noon-3pm and 5pm-9:30pm Monday to Friday, noon-2:45pm and 5pm-9:30pm Saturday, and noon-5pm Sunday (roast lunch, with a vegetarian option).

Kake tried one of the specials on a Monday evening in June 2008; salmon fishcakes served with chips and salad (£8.50) photo. The fishcakes appeared to be deepfried, and didn't hold together very well, and the accompanying salad had no dressing. The tartare sauce looked and tasted home-made though, and the chips were fine. On visits in September 2008 and March 2009, Ewan had a pie (only partially encased) of the vegetable and stilton variety (just under £8), but it was very tasty nonetheless and served with fresh steamed vegetables which had just the right amount of butter to go down easily photo. Plenty of bowls of chips were also consumed, great value at £2 as you get quite a few of them and they are all perfectly-done chunky fries.

Can be hard to find; make sure you have a map if you've not been there before (Tabard Street is diagonally opposite Borough Station, running behind the prominent church building).

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Last visited by Ewan and others, 6 March 2009. Opening times and food times taken from the Harveys website, June 2007, except the Saturday times which were confirmed by Kake over the phone, August 2008.

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