The William Cobbett, Farnham

This is a truly great pub slj, and a seminal one in my growing up. I've been drinking here since Iwas at College nearby and we loved it. It is a bit skanky in places and the bar staff could shower a bit more often, but whether you want to spend a summers evening in the garden, a winters night in the back room or a autumn afternoon playing pool upstairs this pub has got the lot.

17 May 2006 13:30

Bradleys, Fitzrovia

Fantastic bar for losing afternoons in when you should be at work - especially when the mobile phone reception downstairs is patchy at best.
Great juke box, friendly staff, rough enough to put off tourists and most suits. Perfect. Except for one little thing, I can't take the beer any more. I don't know what it is, but 3 pints is my limit in there, then I have to move onto bottles or spirits. Any more than 3 and I get tunnel vision, my face goes numb and I've got no idea how I got home or what I did on the way. This doesn't happen anywhere else, except for Davy's in Canary Wharf and it's own beer; 1870. Still, once I've had four I might as well have 8 right?

17 May 2006 13:24

The Corrib Rest, Queens Park

Great pub for the football. Great atmosphere on big match days, and you can see the screens from everywhere. There's still a good portion of yellow-haired Irishmen propping the bar up on any given day, and there's passable food on offer after a few drinks.
Two criticisms might be that there are not enough (good) bar staff to satiate the thirst of the patrons, and for an Irish Bar they serve the WORST pint of Guinness in North London. It's awful. Halfway down the glass the head has turned yellow, much like the Irishmen's hair, perhaps it makes them feel at home.

17 May 2006 13:04