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Bar and music venue run by [[Category Antic Pubs|Antic]], situated in a cavernous former tramshed near [[Tooting Broadway Station]]. It's easy to miss, as it's accessed via a small passage off the street, between two shops, and there's no name over the door.
A cavernous but pleasant pub in a former tramshed, just near [[Tooting Broadway Station]].
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Previously more pub-like (see <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Tooting_Tram_And_Social,_SW17_9NA&version=17">our previous writeup</a> for details), as of early 2016 it now brands itself as a bar, music venue, and nightclub. There's generous seating in booths and banquettes on a dais along the wall opposite the bar, and on a mezzanine above, but seats are scarcer in the main space, with plenty of standing room cleared in front of the large DJ station at the back.
Despite being a former Scream pub, this has been taken over by [[Category Antic Pubs|Antic]]. The result is another in their familiar genre of mismatched furniture, quirky antique shop fittings and relaxed ambience, but transformed by the vast warehouse-like dimensions of the space. There's generous seating in booths and banquettes along the wall opposite the bar, with eight or more tables in the middle of the room, couches near the front door and more on a raised area at the back (where there's an ornate fireplace). There's far more seating upstairs as well, though it wasn't necessary to use on a Wednesday evening visit.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Thursday afternoon in April 2016. There were only two other customers in when I arrived at 5:15pm. A DJ was setting up at the back of the room, and music was playing so loud I'd have had no chance of following a conversation.
The bar has three handpulls, all dispensing Purity ales (Pure Gold at &pound;2.90/pint, Mad Goose, and Ubu). They have several basic lagers on draught, including Grolsch Weizen and Amstel, but nothing spectacular. There are however plenty of interesting bottled beers including several American ones.
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There are only two handpumps on the bar, and neither of them were clipped. Small chalkboards on the bar next to them advertised Brewdog Vagabond Pale and Jackhammer, but it wasn't clear whether these were on cask or keg. They also had keg taps for a few things including Brewdog Punk IPA. A pint of lime and soda was free, which was nice, but served in a plastic glass, which was not.

They no longer appear to do any food, not even the sausage rolls we've previously enjoyed here.

Accessibility: Small step to get in, no more than curb height. Level access to the bar, the ladies' (didn't check the gents') and some of the seating. Perhaps around half of the ground-floor seating is on daises.

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* [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/65471/ Pubs Galore comments]
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* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pub/3841 Fancyapint review]
* [https://whatpub.com/pubs/SWL/2961/tooting-tram-social-tooting WhatPub entry
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* [http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3841.html Fancyapint review]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], April 2016. Opening hours taken from the Tooting Tram &amp; Social website, May 2016.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], [[Kake]] and others, 20 May 2009.</div>
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category='American Beer,Antic Pubs,Bars,Featured Article,Good Beer Guide 2011,Good Beer Guide 2012,Nightclubs,Smoking Area,Step-Free Access'
category='Antic Pubs,Pubs,Real Ale'
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summary='Cavernous bar in former tramshed near Tooting Broadway.'
website='http://www.antic-ltd.com/tooting/index.html' website='http://tootingtramandsocial.co.uk/'
summary='Cavernous pub in former tramshed near Tooting Broadway.'
website='http://www.antic-ltd.com/tooting/index.html' website='http://tootingtramandsocial.co.uk/'

A cavernous but pleasant pub in a former tramshed, just near Tooting Broadway Station.

Despite being a former Scream pub, this has been taken over by Antic. The result is another in their familiar genre of mismatched furniture, quirky antique shop fittings and relaxed ambience, but transformed by the vast warehouse-like dimensions of the space. There's generous seating in booths and banquettes along the wall opposite the bar, with eight or more tables in the middle of the room, couches near the front door and more on a raised area at the back (where there's an ornate fireplace). There's far more seating upstairs as well, though it wasn't necessary to use on a Wednesday evening visit.

The bar has three handpulls, all dispensing Purity ales (Pure Gold at £2.90/pint, Mad Goose, and Ubu). They have several basic lagers on draught, including Grolsch Weizen and Amstel, but nothing spectacular. There are however plenty of interesting bottled beers including several American ones.

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Last visited by Ewan, Kake and others, 20 May 2009.

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