Bars in Stoke Newington, Dalston?

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Kate Mossad

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Do you know The Angel? The Sam Smith's pub behind Centre Point? A cross between that and Cafe OTO would be good.

Basically anywhere not too noisy, 'gastro' and full of dickheads. I've been to the Three Crowns and The Coach and Horses at the Abney Park end, they both stank of cooking and were packed with people literally screaming at each other (mind you it was a Friday).

Not bothered about real ale etc. As long as it's cold, wet, alcoholic and comes in a clean glass I'm good.

Yeah I live here now, nice shared flat near the cemetery.
 
john eden

john eden

male pale and stale
Oh, you sound good. :)

I hate the 3 crowns.

Try the Daniel Defoe on Church Street or the Auld Shilelagh.

I also rate the Birdcage on Stamford HIll (tho not if there is a loud DJ).

Drop me a PM if you want to hook up with me and/or some local dissensus types...
 
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PeteUM

It's all grist
I'm not a Londoner but my girlfriend worked in the wholefood shop Stoke Newington for a bit and occasionally I would keep her company by sitting about a mile away in the weatherspoons on the High Street. Very entertaining from a people-watching point of view. I would second the comment someone leaves on that review page I've linked to:

"I don't know why I like it, but I do. It's where joy lives."

Some other funny comments there too.
 
john eden

john eden

male pale and stale
Yeah the Wetherspoons is good value for characters any time of day - the Jolly Butcher (now called Father Teds or Stokies or something) is good value for after hours stuff. Both are very high on local "character".

And full of people getting absolutely twatted.
 
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PeteUM

It's all grist
john eden said:
Yeah the Wetherspoons is good value for characters any time of day - the Jolly Butcher (now called Father Teds or Stokies or something) is good value for after hours stuff. Both are very high on local "character".

And full of people getting absolutely twatted.
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Yup. They guy I particularly liked was this black dude in a rather outre shiny suit, sunglasses and a pith helmet, who always seemed to be in there holding a bottle of white wine in a wine cooler. Really rocking the insane African dictator look. I tried to get a photo of him with my girlfriend and he was like "no pictures" and I felt a bit humbled.
 
crofton

crofton

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yeah the rochester, i stopped going there after an old man came up to my table, picked up my pint and drank it.
 
crofton

crofton

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My favourite for a while was the barracuda, but i've not been there since it became the gold bar.
 
john eden

john eden

male pale and stale
PeteUM said:
No this was Mother Earth. Also an interesting clientele.
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Yeah I can imagine - I also live near and old school health food shop and the staff AND clientele are a bit unusual to say the least. I only go in there for me ecover refils.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
PeteUM said:
Yup. They guy I particularly liked was this black dude in a rather outre shiny suit, sunglasses and a pith helmet, who always seemed to be in there holding a bottle of white wine in a wine cooler. Really rocking the insane African dictator look. I tried to get a photo of him with my girlfriend and he was like "no pictures" and I felt a bit humbled.
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Ha, I'm sure I've seen that guy! Unless there are two, which seems unlikely.

The Tup is OK, nice bare wood inside (not in a pretentious way), couple of decent beers on, space upstairs which is used for stand-up sometimes, if that's your thing. I've not been there for years, mind.
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
My SN tip (un-bar related) would be to go to breakfast at Dem. Amaaaazing Turkish food (the menemem? is to die for).
 
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PeteUM

It's all grist
I know this isn't the Wetherspoons thread but has anyone been in that one in Forest Hill? Went in there on about Jan 3rd in seriously post-Xmas depleted mode and it was like some kind of end-of-capitalism scenario soundtracked by The Caretaker crossed with, well, a Wetherspoons.
 
STN

STN

sou'wester
Mr. Tea said:
Ha, I'm sure I've seen that guy! Unless there are two, which seems unlikely.

The Tup is OK, nice bare wood inside (not in a pretentious way), couple of decent beers on, space upstairs which is used for stand-up sometimes, if that's your thing. I've not been there for years, mind.
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evidently. It changed its name to the Lion then closed down.

Most frightening Wetherspoonses: Holloway Road (not the Cornet), King's Tun (kingston - one of the staff threw a pint glass at my mate once), Elephant and Castle.
 
luka

luka

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the forest gate wetherspoons has its beer garden entirely given over to drug dealers which some might consider slightly intimidating.
(at least it always used to)
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
Mr. Tea said:
duh-dur, duh dur-dur!

duh, duh-der duh!

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I'm being very slow today, but I'm confused...

On a south London tip, Wetherspoons on the Brixton Hill/Streatham Hill junction is pretty great. Regular in cowboy hat? Check. Guy doing impromptu Beach Boys surfboard impressions? Check. Slightly intimidating older alcoholics? Check. Quiz machines? Check. Kind of place you could imagine hiding from zombie hordes in? Check. Overwhelming smell of piss from ten metres outside the toilets? Check.
 
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