Shoreditch Pub Crawl Review: 4.8, and It Is Not a Pub
Shoreditch Pub Crawl Review: 4.8, and It Is Not a Pub | The second organised crawl in this survey to out-rate almost every real bar around it, and the reason is structural
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Commercial Tavern Review: The Interior Is a Collision
Commercial Tavern Review: The Interior Is a Collision | Nothing in the room matches anything else in the room, and the effect is one of the best in the district
Cottons Review: The Rum Trade Is the Whole Story
Cottons Review: The Rum Trade Is the Whole Story | Rum is a by-product of sugar, sugar was made by enslaved people, and the drink exists because somebody found a use for the waste
Paragon Review: A Paragon Was a Perfect Diamond
Paragon Review: A Paragon Was a Perfect Diamond | It meant a flawless stone of over a hundred carats, and then it meant a perfect person, and the stone came first
TKL Review: The Last Shoreditch Article, and It Is Three Letters
TKL Review: The Last Shoreditch Article, and It Is Three Letters | A hundred and ten articles in this district, and it ends with an initialism nobody will explain
Snooker Review: The Game Was Invented by Bored Soldiers
Snooker Review: The Game Was Invented by Bored Soldiers | British officers in India combined two existing games, and the word snooker was an insult aimed at a cadet
Diddy’s Review: 4.7, and It Costs Under a Tenner
Diddy’s Review: 4.7, and It Costs Under a Tenner | The fourth cheap room in this district, and it out-rates almost everything expensive around it, and this is now a law
Cocktail Trading Co Review: 4.8, and the Jokes Are the Point
Cocktail Trading Co Review: 4.8, and the Jokes Are the Point | Drinks arrive in a matchbox, in a can, in a paint tin – and it should be unbearable, and it is one of the best bars in London
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes Review: It Is Two Old Shop Signs
Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes Review: It Is Two Old Shop Signs | They took over two units, never changed the fascias, and the name is simply what was already written on the building
Happiness Forgets Review: A Basement, and No Theatre At All
Happiness Forgets Review: A Basement, and No Theatre At All | Eight tables, low ceiling, no gimmicks, and one of the best-regarded cocktail bars in Europe for fifteen years
Finley’s Review: A 5.0 From Eighty-Seven People
Finley’s Review: A 5.0 From Eighty-Seven People | The second perfect score in this district on a sample that is starting to mean something, and we cannot explain it
Edge Bar Review: 4.7, Under a Tenner, and Nobody Knows It
Edge Bar Review: 4.7, Under a Tenner, and Nobody Knows It | Eight hundred people have rated this cheap pub higher than almost every expensive bar around it, and there is no queue
A Bar with Shapes for a Name Review: It Is Bauhaus
A Bar with Shapes for a Name Review: It Is Bauhaus | The circle, square and triangle are a hundred-year-old design theory, and the bar is built on it, and almost nobody notices
Bourbon Review: A 5.0 From 169 People, and We Are Suspicious
Bourbon Review: A 5.0 From 169 People, and We Are Suspicious | A perfect score on a real sample has happened once in six postcodes and five hundred and eighty articles
Nelson’s Review: They Preserved Him in a Barrel of Brandy
Nelson’s Review: They Preserved Him in a Barrel of Brandy | Nelson’s body came home from Trafalgar in a cask, and the sailors are said to have drunk from it
Upper 5th Review: A 3.4, and Fifty-Eight People Is the Dead Zone
Upper 5th Review: A 3.4, and Fifty-Eight People Is the Dead Zone | Between twenty and sixty reviews, four bad nights cannot be outvoted, and recovery is arithmetically almost impossible
Old King’s Head Review: They Kept the Sign Up in 1649
Old King’s Head Review: They Kept the Sign Up in 1649 | England executed the King, displayed his head to the crowd, and did not change a single pub sign
Wentworth Arms Review: 4.8, and It Costs Under a Tenner
Wentworth Arms Review: 4.8, and It Costs Under a Tenner | The cheapest venue in the district holds one of the highest ratings in it, and this keeps happening
Odyssey Review: It Took Him Ten Years to Go Home
Odyssey Review: It Took Him Ten Years to Go Home | The Trojan War lasted ten years and the journey back took ten more, and almost all of it was his own fault
Boundary Rooftop Review: The Spelling Is Wrong in the Listing
Boundary Rooftop Review: The Spelling Is Wrong in the Listing | There is an extra o in Rooftoop, it has been there for years, and it is the seventh typo in this survey
Great Beyond Review: 4.8, and They Brew It Behind You
Great Beyond Review: 4.8, and They Brew It Behind You | The taproom is the correct way to drink beer and the reason is entirely physical
Shoreditch Confirms Every Warehouse Now Officially A ‘Space’
Shoreditch Confirms Every Warehouse Now Officially A ‘Space’ | Local vocabulary shift outpaces actual change in what buildings are used for
Symposium Review: It Means a Drinking Party
Symposium Review: It Means a Drinking Party | Plato’s most famous dialogue is set at one, everybody is hungover, and the word now means an academic conference
Rainbow Review: A 3.5, and Ninety-Nine People Is Not Enough
Rainbow Review: A 3.5, and Ninety-Nine People Is Not Enough | Just outside the dead zone, and the number is still being decided by a handful of bad nights
Light Bar Review: It Was a Power Station
Light Bar Review: It Was a Power Station | The building generated the electricity for the Great Eastern Railway, and the turbine hall is now the dining room
Lighthouse Review: A 2.7, and the Reviews Are All the Same
Lighthouse Review: A 2.7, and the Reviews Are All the Same | The lowest score in this district on a serious sample, and four hundred people have written about the same thing
Jailhouse Review: The Second Prison Bar in This District
Jailhouse Review: The Second Prison Bar in This District | Alcotraz holds a 4.8 and this holds a 4.3, and the difference is entirely the sample and the promise
Old Street Records Review: Old Street Is Not Old
Old Street Records Review: Old Street Is Not Old | The name is fifteen hundred years old and it means exactly what it says, and it is one of the very few honest names in London
Soju Review: It Is the Best-Selling Spirit on Earth
Soju Review: It Is the Best-Selling Spirit on Earth | One Korean brand outsells every whisky, vodka and gin in the world combined, and almost nobody in Britain has heard of it
Montys Review: Montgomery Slept Twelve Hours a Night
Montys Review: Montgomery Slept Twelve Hours a Night | He banned smoking, he did not drink, he went to bed at half past nine, and he beat Rommel