Gastropub Archive

  • Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

    Laughing Gravy, SE1

    Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

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  • Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

    The Avalon, SW12

    Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

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  • Tweet Being in the restaurant game, I have the pleasure of meeting some right characters on my travels. And so it was that my trip to The Warrington produced a...

    The Warrington, W9

    Tweet Being in the restaurant game, I have the pleasure of meeting some right characters on my travels. And so it was that my trip to The Warrington produced a...

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  • Tweet Feeling a little lost in the world of food & drink? Maybe you find yourself going round in circles trying to find somewhere to decent eat?  Let The Compass...

    The Compass, N1

    Tweet Feeling a little lost in the world of food & drink? Maybe you find yourself going round in circles trying to find somewhere to decent eat?  Let The Compass...

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  • Tweet Having opened with a blaze of glory in 2004, it’s great to see The Gun is still showing the way to so many young pretenders in the gastro-pub world. ...

    The Gun, E14

    Tweet Having opened with a blaze of glory in 2004, it’s great to see The Gun is still showing the way to so many young pretenders in the gastro-pub world. ...

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  • Tweet Some fairly ominous research recently showed that we now rely on imports for 40% of our food requirements.  This essentially means that we are now at the mercy of...

    The Sun at Northaw, EN6

    Tweet Some fairly ominous research recently showed that we now rely on imports for 40% of our food requirements.  This essentially means that we are now at the mercy of...

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  • Tweet When the gastropub concept was first thrust upon us, many of us where confused as to what to make of them.  It was a case of trousers or jeans?...

    The Crown, E3

    Tweet When the gastropub concept was first thrust upon us, many of us where confused as to what to make of them.  It was a case of trousers or jeans?...

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  • Tweet Big Al: “I don’t like Scotch eggs” Me: “Eat it!” Big Al: “No, I don’t like Scotch eggs” Me: “Just bloody try some!” Big Al: “Ok…bloody hell, that’s good!”...

    Coach and Horses, EC1

    Tweet Big Al: “I don’t like Scotch eggs” Me: “Eat it!” Big Al: “No, I don’t like Scotch eggs” Me: “Just bloody try some!” Big Al: “Ok…bloody hell, that’s good!”...

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