1871 Bar Review: The Year of the Bank Holiday
1871 Bar Review: The Year of the Bank Holiday | Twenty-nine reviews and a year for a name – and 1871 is the year Parliament decided the British were allowed a day off
Tag: bar names
Sophie’s Review: Another Woman on a Sign, and Nobody Has Asked
Sophie’s Review: Another Woman on a Sign, and Nobody Has Asked | Three thousand people have reviewed this restaurant and not one of them has wondered who she is
Oriani Review: The Trailing Space Is in the Listing
Oriani Review: The Trailing Space Is in the Listing | Look carefully at the name. There is a space before the closing bracket, and it has been there ever since.
Imperial Palace of Big Red Review: The Best Name in Camden
Imperial Palace of Big Red Review: The Best Name in Camden | It is absurd, it is confident, it explains nothing, and it is the only name in this district doing any work at all
Bar Review: It Is Called Bar
Bar Review: It Is Called Bar | Three letters. One word. No adjective. Five stars from one person. And it is the most honest name in six hundred and thirty articles.
O Bar Review: One Letter, and It Is the Shortest Name in Five Postcodes
O Bar Review: One Letter, and It Is the Shortest Name in Five Postcodes | The naming arms race has reached a single character, and there is nowhere left to go
Baudry Greene Review: 4.8, and Two Names Nobody Will Explain
Baudry Greene Review: 4.8, and Two Names Nobody Will Explain | One hundred and sixty-seven people, a very high score, and a name that we have added to the unsolved list
Bantof Review: 4.8, and the Name Is Not a Word
Bantof Review: 4.8, and the Name Is Not a Word | Six letters, no meaning, and it is the newest naming category and it is winning everywhere
BNB Cafe Review: The Longest Name in Either Survey
BNB Cafe Review: The Longest Name in Either Survey | Nine words, a Ltd, and two separate businesses fused into one listing – the final article in the Notting Hill file
Bar 190 Review: Another Number, and We Are Building a Collection
Bar 190 Review: Another Number, and We Are Building a Collection | The third numeric name in this file, and the Prat has begun keeping a register
Lost and Found Review: The Phrase of Things Mislaid and Recovered
Lost and Found Review: The Phrase of Things Mislaid and Recovered | ‘Lost and found’ is the place mislaid things are reclaimed – a name rich with the poetry of losing, searching, and finding again
Molly Mc’s Review: The Twenty-First Woman Nobody Can Name
Molly Mc’s Review: The Twenty-First Woman Nobody Can Name | Eight postcodes, eight hundred venues, twenty-one women on signs, and we have identified three
The Wine Place Review: The Most Literal Name in Either Survey
The Wine Place Review: The Most Literal Name in Either Survey | Three hundred and eighty-seven articles, two postcodes, and finally a name that simply says what is inside
Lillie’s Review: 4.9 From Seventy-One People
Lillie’s Review: 4.9 From Seventy-One People | A very high score on a small sample, and another woman’s name on a sign that nobody has enquired about
Bar’z Art Review: The Apostrophe Is in the Wrong Place
Bar’z Art Review: The Apostrophe Is in the Wrong Place | Fourteen reviews, a 4.9, and a punctuation mark doing something nobody can explain
HDN Review: The Third Initialism, and Nobody Is Saying
HDN Review: The Third Initialism, and Nobody Is Saying | Three letters, twenty-three reviews, and the unsolved list is now thirteen entries long
Goldwood Review: A 4.7, and the Name Is Two Nouns
Goldwood Review: A 4.7, and the Name Is Two Nouns | Gold and wood, put together, meaning nothing – and it is the modern naming formula, and it is everywhere
Disrepute Review: Reputation Is the Only Currency This Survey Measures
Disrepute Review: Reputation Is the Only Currency This Survey Measures | A bar named after having none, in an economy that runs on nothing else
Old Mary’s Review: Another Woman on a Sign, Unexplained
Old Mary’s Review: Another Woman on a Sign, Unexplained | A 4.6 wine bar named after somebody nobody has asked about, which is now the fifth we have logged
Casa Tua Review: The Seventh Bar Selling You Somebody’s Home
Casa Tua Review: The Seventh Bar Selling You Somebody’s Home | Your house – and it is not, and nobody lives there, and it is the most reliable proposition in this survey
North Circle Bar Review: There Is a Road With Almost That Name
North Circle Bar Review: There Is a Road With Almost That Name | Forty-three reviews, a 4.0, and a name that is one letter away from the most hated road in London
Brera Review: A Lounge Was Where You Lounged and the Word Is Doing Nothing
Brera Review: A Lounge Was Where You Lounged and the Word Is Doing Nothing | Every bar in Britain calls itself a lounge, and the word has been emptied completely
Bebidas Review: It Just Means Drinks
Bebidas Review: It Just Means Drinks | No rating, no reviews, and a name so plain it is almost the eleventh honest name in the survey
Revery Bar Review: A Beautiful Old Word for Daydreaming
Revery Bar Review: A Beautiful Old Word for Daydreaming | Revery is an archaic spelling of reverie – a state of pleasant, drifting daydream. It is a lovely name for a bar.
Reunion Bar Review: The Warm Idea of Coming Together Again
Reunion Bar Review: The Warm Idea of Coming Together Again | A reunion is a coming-together-again – one of the warmest ideas there is, and a lovely thing to name a bar after
Zala’s Review: The Twentieth Woman on a Sign
Zala’s Review: The Twentieth Woman on a Sign | No rating, no reviews, and nobody has asked who she was – which is the pattern, exactly
Reverend Simpson Review: The Man on the Sign Does Not Exist
Reverend Simpson Review: The Man on the Sign Does Not Exist | A completely fabricated clergyman with a completely fabricated biography, and he joins a list
Eastside Review: A Name Pointing in a Direction
Eastside Review: A Name Pointing in a Direction | Eastside tells you which side of something it is on, which is either useful or meaningless depending on where you start
The Chelsea Bar Review: Twenty-Five Reviews and a Name Doing No Work
The Chelsea Bar Review: Twenty-Five Reviews and a Name Doing No Work | A bar in Chelsea called the Chelsea Bar, rated by twenty-five people, and a lesson in how not to name a venue
135 Bar Review: The Address Is the Name, and That Is the Eighteenth True One
135 Bar Review: The Address Is the Name, and That Is the Eighteenth True One | Eighteen out of eight hundred and fifty, which is two per cent, and everything else is a lie