Jerome’s: A Wine Bar With a Warm First Name
Jerome’s: A Wine Bar With a Warm First Name | A much-loved wine bar and bottle shop on the Nunhead fringes, carrying a friendly personal name and a double life as shop and bar
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Asylum Tavern: A Pub Named for a Publicans’ Refuge
Asylum Tavern: A Pub Named for a Publicans’ Refuge | A Peckham pub on Asylum Road, whose name comes from the great almshouse built as a sanctuary for retired, worn-out pub landlords
Habesha: The Taste and Ritual of Ethiopia
Habesha: The Taste and Ritual of Ethiopia | A Camberwell restaurant and bar named with the proud endonym of the Ethiopian and Eritrean peoples, serving injera, wat and the coffee ceremony
KIX: Three Letters, One Lively Bar
KIX: Three Letters, One Lively Bar | A Nunhead-fringe bar whose punchy three-letter name gets straight to the point – energy, fun and a good night
Social: A Bar That Says What It’s For
Social: A Bar That Says What It’s For | A Peckham bar whose one-word name names the entire purpose of the place – company, conversation and good times together
Peckham Arches: Drinking Under the Railway
Peckham Arches: Drinking Under the Railway | A bar built into the Victorian railway arches, the quintessential Peckham setting and a survey theme made concrete
Jazu Bar: A Stylish Note on the New Cross Scene
Jazu Bar: A Stylish Note on the New Cross Scene | A sleek south-east London cocktail bar whose short, modern name fits its stylish, music-tinged mood
The Copper Tap: A Name Straight From the Brewhouse
The Copper Tap: A Name Straight From the Brewhouse | A Peckham bar whose name honours the copper – the great gleaming vessel at the heart of the brewing process
The Red Bull: A Pub Named for a Vanished Playhouse
The Red Bull: A Pub Named for a Vanished Playhouse | A Peckham pub carrying a name that once belonged to one of the rowdiest theatres of Shakespeare’s London
Nag’s Head: A Pub Named for the Working Horse
Nag’s Head: A Pub Named for the Working Horse | A Camberwell local carrying one of the oldest and most common of all pub names, drawn from the age of the horse
George Canning: A Pub Named for a Prime Minister
George Canning: A Pub Named for a Prime Minister | A Camberwell landmark named for the statesman who was Foreign Secretary, wit, duellist, and Prime Minister for just 119 days before dying in office
Shades Sports Bar: Where the Game Is Always On
Shades Sports Bar: Where the Game Is Always On | A lively south-east London sports bar whose cool, casual name promises big screens, big matches and a big atmosphere
Brickfields Bar: A Name From the Clay Beneath London
Brickfields Bar: A Name From the Clay Beneath London | A south-east London bar named for the brickfields where the very clay of the city was dug and fired to build London itself
Craft Metropolis: A Brixton Home for Craft Beer
Craft Metropolis: A Brixton Home for Craft Beer | A Brixton arch taproom hosting a residency from Verdant, one of Britain’s most celebrated craft breweries
El Vermut: A Peckham Bar for the Vermouth Hour
El Vermut: A Peckham Bar for the Vermouth Hour | A Peckham bar named for the Spanish ritual of vermut – the aromatic fortified wine and the sociable hour that surrounds it
Prince Albert: A Pub for Victoria’s Consort
Prince Albert: A Pub for Victoria’s Consort | A Camberwell-fringe local named for the prince who gave Britain the Great Exhibition, the Albert Hall and the modern Christmas tree
Tropical London: Sunshine Flavours in New Cross
Tropical London: Sunshine Flavours in New Cross | A New Cross restaurant and bar promising a taste of the tropics, and a slice of the Caribbean’s long presence in south London
Big Js’ Biltong Bar: A Taste of South Africa
Big Js’ Biltong Bar: A Taste of South Africa | A bar and grill built around biltong, the air-dried cured meat that is South Africa’s great national snack
Tola: A Short, Warm Name in Peckham
Tola: A Short, Warm Name in Peckham | A Peckham bar and eatery whose brief, welcoming name fits a neighbourhood defined by its diversity
The Shirker’s Rest: A Pub That Celebrates Skiving
The Shirker’s Rest: A Pub That Celebrates Skiving | A wonderfully-named south London micropub offering sanctuary to anyone in flight from an honest day’s work
The Wickham Arms: A Brockley Local With a Family Name
The Wickham Arms: A Brockley Local With a Family Name | A well-loved Brockley pub carrying the name of the family and the road that shaped its corner of south-east London
The Greyhound: A Peckham Pub for a Royal Dog
The Greyhound: A Peckham Pub for a Royal Dog | A Peckham local flying one of the oldest heraldic beasts in England – the greyhound, badge of the Tudor kings
The Five Bells: A Pub Named for a Peal
The Five Bells: A Pub Named for a Peal | A New Cross local carrying one of the oldest and most musical of all pub names, drawn from the church bell-tower
The CLF Art Lounge: Drinking in the Bussey Building
The CLF Art Lounge: Drinking in the Bussey Building | A bar inside the Bussey Building, the old cricket-bat factory that became the beating heart of Peckham’s arts scene
The Joiners Arms: A Pub for the Woodworking Trade
The Joiners Arms: A Pub for the Woodworking Trade | A Camberwell local named for the skilled craftsmen who join wood without a nail, in the honourable tradition of the trade pub
Lit Lounge: A Name Straight From the Slang
Lit Lounge: A Name Straight From the Slang | A Deptford-fringe bar and lounge whose name borrows the buzziest word in modern nightlife vocabulary
JTU Peckham: An Enigma on the Nightlife Map
JTU Peckham: An Enigma on the Nightlife Map | A Peckham bar and lounge whose initials keep their own counsel, trading on atmosphere over explanation
The New Cross House: A Pub for a Crossroads Neighbourhood
The New Cross House: A Pub for a Crossroads Neighbourhood | A handsome, revived local on New Cross Road, named for the busy south London junction it has watched over for generations
The Waverley Arms: A Pub Named for a Novel
The Waverley Arms: A Pub Named for a Novel | A Nunhead local carrying the name of the book that invented the historical novel and made Walter Scott the most famous writer in Europe
The Angel Oak: Two Classic Pub Signs in One
The Angel Oak: Two Classic Pub Signs in One | A Camberwell local whose name marries two of the oldest emblems in the English pub tradition – the angel and the oak