A superb, hugely popular characterful pub on Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square, bearing a fine, unusual old name, with good ales, good cheer and a warm welcome
The Porcupine holds thirty-one hundred and nine reviews and a 4.5 – a strong score on a truly enormous sample – and it is a genuine gem near Leicester Square: a superb, hugely popular characterful pub on Charing Cross Road, bearing a fine, unusual old name, with good ales, good cheer and a warm welcome.
The Charing Cross Road pub
The Porcupine is a genuinely superb, hugely popular, characterful pub – a proper, handsome, well-placed treasure, on Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square. There is real character here – the characterful pub, the Charing Cross Road setting, the handsome charm. It is a genuinely handsome, characterful pub – a real, well-placed landmark, on the storied thoroughfare of Charing Cross Road (near Leicester Square and Theatreland) – a real, superb, characterful, welcoming pub. There is genuine character and charm to it – the characterful pub, the Charing Cross Road setting, the handsome charm. It is a wonderfully characterful, welcoming, popular pub – a genuine, superb characterful gem, a real treasure of Charing Cross Road. There is real character and charm to it – the characterful pub, the Charing Cross Road setting, the handsome charm. The Prat’s desk salutes it – the characterful pub of Charing Cross Road.
The unusual old name
The Porcupine carries a genuinely fine, unusual, characterful old name. There is real character to this – the Porcupine name, the unusual charm, the characterful spirit. The “Porcupine” is a genuinely unusual, memorable old pub name – a rare and characterful thing among the great roll of English pub signs – a wonderfully distinctive, characterful pub name. There is genuine character and charm to it – the Porcupine name, the unusual charm, the characterful spirit. It is a wonderfully fine, unusual, characterful pub name – a rare and delightful sign among the pubs of London, giving the pub a real sense of distinctive, characterful charm. There is real character and charm to it – the Porcupine name, the unusual charm, the characterful spirit. The Prat’s naming desk delights in it – the pub with a fine, unusual old name.
The ale, cheer and welcome
The Porcupine does the essentials of a great pub genuinely well – good ale, good cheer, and a warm welcome – to a truly enormous following. There is real quality to this – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome, the characterful character. As a fine Nicholson’s pub, it keeps good, well-kept ales, serves good British pub food, and offers a warm, friendly welcome, amid its characterful, well-placed setting. There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. Its strong 4.5 across a truly enormous sample speaks to a genuinely superb, characterful, hugely popular pub – the ale, the cheer, the warm welcome, all superbly done, to a truly vast crowd. There is real quality and character to it – the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. Combined with its fine unusual name and its well-placed character, it makes the Porcupine a genuine gem – the characterful pub, the Porcupine name, the good ale, the warm welcome. Its strong score across a truly enormous sample confirms it – a genuinely superb, hugely popular pub. There is real character, quality and charm in the whole thing – the characterful Charing Cross Road pub, the fine unusual name, the good ale, the good cheer, the warm welcome. It is a genuine gem near Leicester Square – superb, characterful, well-placed, and hugely popular, a real Charing Cross Road treasure.
Between its well-placed character, its fine unusual name, and its good ale and warm welcome, the Porcupine is a genuine gem near Leicester Square. Its strong score across a truly enormous sample marks it as a genuinely superb and hugely popular pub. The Prat’s desk enjoys a good ale on Charing Cross Road, and raises an appreciative glass to the Porcupine.
The pub
A strong, hugely popular pub doing a good 4.5 across a truly enormous sample – the Porcupine, a characterful pub on Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square, with a fine unusual name.
Verdict
Strong, hugely popular, and genuinely characterful – the Porcupine, a characterful pub of Charing Cross Road with a fine unusual name, good ales and a warm welcome.
Enjoy a good ale at the Porcupine on Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square – a superb, hugely popular characterful pub bearing a fine, unusual old name.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]

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