Historical version 20 of Wheatsheaf, SE1 9AA (view current version)
- 6 Stoney Street
The Wheatsheaf was a Young's pub (managed by the Red Car Pub Company) right next to Borough Market; it closed on 7 January 2009 due to work associated with the Thameslink upgrade (the top floor is being removed to make room for the new railway viaduct being built over Stoney Street). It has now moved to Wheatsheaf, SE1 1TY, around the corner on Southwark Street.
According to the April/May 2009 issue of the London Drinker magazine, Young's have retained the lease of the Stoney Street building, and will be reopening it as a pub in late 2011 or early 2012.
The information below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like in its first incarnation.
Young's pub right next to Borough Market.
Inside, the decor is quite basic, with bare floorboards (and not in a gastropub way). There are maybe three or four tables, but it's mostly standing room only. There seem to be separate entrances for the public bar and the other side, but they connect to each other at the back. There's a dartboard at the back too.
Kake and friends visited on a Monday early evening in December 2008. All six handpumps (three on each bar) seemed to be on, with St Austell Tribute (£3.05/pint), Young's Winter Warmer, Young's Ordinary, Courage Best, and a couple of others. Rock music was playing, but relatively quietly. There were about 20 people in at 4:30pm, with a surge after work (5:30pm-ish) which quietened down again by 7pm.
They may serve food, but it's not clear at what times (the website has no further details of food).
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