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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]]. 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. |
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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]] and refitted. 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 <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/3612108038/ photo]</small>. |
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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. |
There's generous seating in booths and banquettes on a dais 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 another raised area at the back (where there's an ornate fireplace). There's also far more seating upstairs on a mezzanine overlooking the main bar area, though it wasn't necessary to make use of this on any of our visits (a Wednesday evening in May 2009, a Thursday evening in September 2010, and a Wednesday evening in July 2011). They have a table tennis table at the back. There are four picnic tables outside in the entry passage, as well, for smokers. |
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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. |
The bar has three handpulls. On all our visits, two of these were dispensing Purity Pure Gold and Purity Mad Goose (£3.20/pint as of September 2010), while the third has varied between Purity Ubu (May 2009), Black Sheep Bitter (September 2010, £3.30/pint), and Harveys Sussex Best (July 2011, £3.10/pint). Stowford Press cider (not a "real cider", but a nice change from Strongbow) was available in July 2011. 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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They no longer appear to do any food, not even the sausage rolls we've previously enjoyed here. |
They don't seem to do any proper food, but as of July 2011 they do have sausage rolls for £1 apiece, displayed under a clear domed cover behind the bar. [[Kake]] tried one and thought it was pretty good, with plenty of nicely-textured meat (neither paste-like nor gristly), and a nice layer of something that tasted like caramelised onion just below the pastry at the top. |
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* [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/65471/ Pubs Galore comments] |
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* [https://whatpub.com/pubs/SWL/2961/tooting-tram-social-tooting WhatPub entry] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], April 2016. Opening hours taken from the Tooting Tram & Social website, May 2016.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] et al., July 2011. Opening hours taken from sign on door, 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' edit_type='Normal edit' fax='TootingTram' formatted_website_text='tootingtramandsocial.co.uk/" class="external">tootingtramandsocial.c...' host='81.187.166.218' hours_text='Mon: closed; Tue-Wed: 5pm-midnight; Thu: 5pm-1am; Fri: 5pm-2am; Sat: 5pm-3am; Sun: 5pm-midnight' |
category='American Beer,Antic Pubs,Featured Article,Good Beer Guide 2011,Good Beer Guide 2012,Pubs,Real Ale,Smoking Area,Step-Free Access' edit_type='Minor tidying' fax='' formatted_website_text='www.antic-ltd.com/tooting/index.html">antic-ltd.com/tooting/...' host='46.43.34.31' hours_text='closed Mon; 5pm-midnight Tue-Thu; 4pm-2am Fri; noon-2am Sat; noon-midnight Sun' |
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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. 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.
Despite being a former Scream pub, this has been taken over by Antic and refitted. 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 photo.
There's generous seating in booths and banquettes on a dais 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 another raised area at the back (where there's an ornate fireplace). There's also far more seating upstairs on a mezzanine overlooking the main bar area, though it wasn't necessary to make use of this on any of our visits (a Wednesday evening in May 2009, a Thursday evening in September 2010, and a Wednesday evening in July 2011). They have a table tennis table at the back. There are four picnic tables outside in the entry passage, as well, for smokers.
The bar has three handpulls. On all our visits, two of these were dispensing Purity Pure Gold and Purity Mad Goose (£3.20/pint as of September 2010), while the third has varied between Purity Ubu (May 2009), Black Sheep Bitter (September 2010, £3.30/pint), and Harveys Sussex Best (July 2011, £3.10/pint). Stowford Press cider (not a "real cider", but a nice change from Strongbow) was available in July 2011. 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.
They don't seem to do any proper food, but as of July 2011 they do have sausage rolls for £1 apiece, displayed under a clear domed cover behind the bar. Kake tried one and thought it was pretty good, with plenty of nicely-textured meat (neither paste-like nor gristly), and a nice layer of something that tasted like caramelised onion just below the pastry at the top.
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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