Penny Blood's Black Book » Gastro Pubs http://www.pennybloodsblackbook.com Penny Blood's eclectic collection of favourite places in London to drink coffee, eat cake, have tea, eat out, buy clothes, watch movies, kill time, read Voltaire, quote Baudelaire and write this blog. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Eagle http://www.pennybloodsblackbook.com/2009/11/the-eagle/ http://www.pennybloodsblackbook.com/2009/11/the-eagle/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:49:44 +0000 Penny Blood http://www.pennybloodsblackbook.com/?p=2877
  • The Havelock Tavern
  • The Paradise by way of Kensal Green
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    • ]]>     This was the first so-called ‘gastro pub’ in London started by one of the Eyre brothers. That is the main reason I like it. It looks much the same as all other gastro pubs but being one large room with the bar along one wall and lacking any nooks and crannies it somewhat lacks an element of ‘cosiness’, although in it’s favour it does look like a pub rather than an over-gentrified ‘gastro-pub’.* The food however is great. I love ordering fish and getting the whole fish. I generally inhale my food so picking through all the bones gives me something to do for an hour and a half. Like all good gastro pubs the menu changes daily and attracts all the kind of people who live and work in the area thus not feeling too cliquey like local residential pubs.

    *Note that I have no problem what so ever with over-gentrification, I’m not going to pretend that I like being surrounded by poor people.

    159 Farringdon Road, Farringdon, EC1R 3AL
    020 7837 1353
    Monday-Saturday 12-11pm Sunday 12-5pm Lunch served Monday – Friday 12.30-3pm
    Saturday-Sunday 12.30-3.30pm Dinner served Monday – Saturday 6.30-10.30pm


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  • The Hollybush
  • The Havelock Tavern
  • Marine Ices
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    77 Highgate West Hill, Highgate, London, N6 6BU
    020 8348 7346
    Monday – Saturday 11am-11pm Sunday 12pm-10.30pm Food served 12pm-10pm


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    http://www.hollybushpub.com/

    22 Holly Mount, Hampstead, London, NW3 6SG
    020 7435 2892
    (Bar opening hours) Monday -Saturday 12pm-11pm Sunday 12noon to 10.30pm
    (Kitchen opening hours) Monday – Friday 12pm-4pm and 6pm-10pm
    Saturday, 12pm-10pm Sunday 12pm -9.30pm


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  • The Havelock Tavern
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    It’s a pub although it doesn’t look like one. The scattered Louis XIV style furniture and chandeliers are more reminiscent of a posh French restaurant, but don’t let this put you off as it’s really very relaxed and the food is great. I like to come here occasionally for Sunday Lunch. Today I feel like taking the week off and by week I mean life, it’s that kind of Sunday. Some guy has walked in and is sitting with two women way more attractive than he is, they look Russian, probably hookers. They only stay for one drink. Definitely hookers. I’m snacking on Potted smoked mackerel & Drambuie pate on toasted sourdough….so good, their menu is extensive and imaginative, just look it up. Kensal rise is an area on the up although it is inhabited by 2.4 children successful arty types but there are a couple of great furniture stores up the road, which for those of you with proper jobs are very affordable.

    http://theparadise.co.uk/

    19 Kilburn Lane, Kensal Green, London, W10 4AE
    020 8969 0098
    Monday – Wednesday 12.30pm-midnight Thursday 12.30pm-1am
    Friday – Saturday 12.30pm-2am Sunday 12pm-11.30pm
    Food served Monday-Saturday 4pm-10.30pm Saturday 12pm-4pm 6.30-10.30pm Sunday 12pm-8pm


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    If Broadway market with its thick abundance of pushchairs and the middle classes, in what was not so long ago a very working class, east end neighbourhood, makes you nauseous then The Dove is the bucket in which to be sick. It’s totally bourgeois and full of smug locals who read The Observer and The Guardian and don’t hide the fact that they love that The Dove is their local pub. It’s the kind of place people look up distractedly from the person they are talking to at everyone walking by to see if they recognise them. Having said that, it is really lovely with a nice atmosphere, good food, and most importantly great furniture – tapestry backed chairs and heavy wood. It’s also great for sitting outside and people watching and has lots of cosy nooks to sit in.

    http://www.dovepubs.co.uk/dove-noticeboard.html

    24 – 28 Broadway Market, London, E8 4QJ
    0207 7275 7617
    Sunday – Thursday 12pm-11pm Friday, Saturday 12pm-1pm
    (Kitchen Opening Hours) Monday – Wednesday 12pm-3pm and 6pm-10pm Thursday 12pm-10pm
    Friday – Saturday 12pm-11pm Sunday 12pm-10pm


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    The best kind of gastro pub is the kind that doesn’t try too hard, essentially serving up modern day comfort food just A LOT BETTER. A word of warning: the bread here is so delicious you are likely to fill up before your meal even comes. Despite being tucked away in a wholly residential area therefore being very much a local, the friendly atmosphere, old portraits, random mix of furniture apparently collected from country houses all over England make it worth the trip. The food is always good without fail but I would check to see how large the portions are as they tend to vary, it’s always disappointing getting a main course that should really be a starter. Additionally the Havelock serves up a truly authentic taste of the classic private school kid as it’s packed with them, pink shirts, boat shoes and all.

    http://www.thehavelocktavern.co.uk/

    57 Masbro Road, Brook Green, W14 0LS
    0207 603 5374
    Monday – Saturday 11am-11pm Sunday 12pm-10.30pm
    (Food served) Monday – Saturday 12.30pm-2.30pm and 7pm-10pm Sunday 12.30pm-3pm and 7pm-9.30pm


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