Tag: Greenwich
The Waterman’s Arms Review: The Thames Boatmen Who Ruled the River
The Waterman’s Arms Review: The Thames Boatmen Who Ruled the River | Named for the watermen – the licensed boatmen who ferried Londoners across and along the Thames for centuries, the taxi-drivers of the old river
The Admiral Hardy Review: The Man Who Held the Dying Nelson
The Admiral Hardy Review: The Man Who Held the Dying Nelson | Named for Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy – Nelson’s flag captain at Trafalgar, of ‘Kiss me, Hardy’ fame, later Governor of Greenwich Hospital
The Gate Clock Review: The Great Clock at the Observatory Gate
The Gate Clock Review: The Great Clock at the Observatory Gate | A Wetherspoon pub named for the famous Shepherd Gate Clock at the Royal Observatory – the clock that shows the world’s time
Clipper Bar Review: The Fastest and Most Beautiful Ships of All
Clipper Bar Review: The Fastest and Most Beautiful Ships of All | Named for the clipper – the swift, elegant sailing ship of the great tea and wool races, the fastest and loveliest of the age of sail
TattooBar Review: The Ancient Art of Ink and the Modern Cocktail
TattooBar Review: The Ancient Art of Ink and the Modern Cocktail | A stylish cocktail bar themed around tattooing – the ancient, global art of the inked skin, from sailors to modern body art
Endeavour Review: Captain Cook’s Ship of Discovery
Endeavour Review: Captain Cook’s Ship of Discovery | Named for HMS Endeavour – the ship in which Captain Cook charted the Pacific and reached Australia, one of history’s great voyages of discovery
Rocket Review: The Engine of Speed, Space, and the Railway Age
Rocket Review: The Engine of Speed, Space, and the Railway Age | A dynamic modern name – ‘Rocket’ evokes speed and power, from Stephenson’s pioneering locomotive to the rockets that reached the stars
The Pelton Arms Review: The Beloved Backstreet Local of Greenwich
The Pelton Arms Review: The Beloved Backstreet Local of Greenwich | A cherished traditional backstreet local – the honest, unpretentious neighbourhood pub, named for its street in the old heart of Greenwich
Oliver’s Jazz Bar Review: Greenwich’s Best-Kept Secret in the Cellar
Oliver’s Jazz Bar Review: Greenwich’s Best-Kept Secret in the Cellar | A tiny, cosy basement jazz club – live jazz every night since 2003, one of London’s most beloved and atmospheric music venues
The Dock Review: The Great Docks That Made London a World Port
The Dock Review: The Great Docks That Made London a World Port | Named for the docks – the great enclosed harbours that made London the greatest port in the world, now reborn as Docklands
The River Ale House Review: The Honest Ale House by the Thames
The River Ale House Review: The Honest Ale House by the Thames | An honest micropub celebrating real ale by the Greenwich river – reviving the ancient, simple tradition of the ale house
The Greenwich Pensioner Review: The Old Sailors of the Great Hospital
The Greenwich Pensioner Review: The Old Sailors of the Great Hospital | Named for the Greenwich Pensioners – the retired naval veterans of the Royal Hospital, old sailors of Trafalgar and the age of sail
The Morden Arms Review: The Honest Local of Old Greenwich
The Morden Arms Review: The Honest Local of Old Greenwich | A cherished traditional backstreet local, named for the Morden connection – a proper, unpretentious neighbourhood pub
Lokanta Review: The Warm Welcome of the Turkish Table
Lokanta Review: The Warm Welcome of the Turkish Table | A Turkish bar and grill named ‘Lokanta’ – the traditional Turkish eatery, home of warm hospitality and the great cuisine of Anatolia
Cutty Sark Review: The Pub, the Clipper, and the Witch’s Nightie
Cutty Sark Review: The Pub, the Clipper, and the Witch’s Nightie | Named for the legendary tea clipper moored beside it – whose own name comes from a witch’s short shift in a Robert Burns poem
Nine Lounge Review: The Number Nine and Its Deep Resonance
Nine Lounge Review: The Number Nine and Its Deep Resonance | A stylish lounge bar named for the number nine – a figure rich with meaning, from cats’ lives to cloud nine to the highest single digit
The Stargazer Review: The Astronomer’s Name in the Home of Time
The Stargazer Review: The Astronomer’s Name in the Home of Time | A Wetherspoon pub with a lovely astronomical name – the stargazer, perfectly fitting in Greenwich, home of the Royal Observatory
Enderby House Review: The Whalers and the Cable That Wired the World
Enderby House Review: The Whalers and the Cable That Wired the World | A historic house named for the Enderby family – Antarctic whaling pioneers, and the site where the great transatlantic cables were made
The Sail Loft Review: The Riverside Home of the Sailmaker’s Craft
The Sail Loft Review: The Riverside Home of the Sailmaker’s Craft | Named for the sail loft – the great riverside workshop where the sails that powered the age of sail were cut and stitched
The Lost Hour Review: The Hour That Vanishes in the Night
The Lost Hour Review: The Hour That Vanishes in the Night | A wonderfully evocative name – the ‘lost hour’ of the clocks going forward, and the mysterious lost hours of the night out
Greenwich London: A Riverside Town Where Time Begins
Greenwich London: A Riverside Town Where Time Begins | Greenwich london is the magnificent riverside town famous as the home of world time, with a royal park, an observatory and the meridian.
So Bar Review: The Simple Confidence of a Single Word
So Bar Review: The Simple Confidence of a Single Word | A bar named simply ‘So’ – the confident modern minimalism of the single, versatile, expressive little word
Songbird Review: The Sweet Music of the Singing Bird
Songbird Review: The Sweet Music of the Singing Bird | A bar and restaurant named ‘Songbird’ – evoking the beauty, sweetness and music of the singing birds
The Royal Oak Review: The Tree That Hid a King
The Royal Oak Review: The Tree That Hid a King | One of England’s most popular pub names – commemorating the oak in which the future Charles II hid from his enemies after the Battle of Worcester
The Ship Review: The Great Vessel and the Seafaring Nation
The Ship Review: The Great Vessel and the Seafaring Nation | One of the most fundamental of maritime names – the ship, the great vessel that made Britain a seafaring, trading and exploring nation