Mr Turner’s Bar opens in The Porterhouse

The Porterhouse pub in central London has launched the ‘Mr Turner’s Bar’ in partnership with The Covent Gardener magazine to celebrate the site being the birthplace of artist JMW Turner. The new bar sits within The Porterhouse building that reached its 25th Anniversary recently and still looks as impressive as when I first visited the…

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Wonderful transformation of The White Horse & Bower

The beautifully tiled exterior of The White Horse & Bower pub in London’s Pimlico is thankfully matched by an equally impressive interior that shows clearly where owner Shepherd Neame has spent almost £1 million on a major transformation. The textured wall paper in the back dining room is even more of a feature when you…

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Striking out at The Sun Tavern

On an early Monday evening as the sun flooded into The Sun Tavern in London’s East End the tube strikes clogging up the city outside seemed very far away. They drifted even further into the distance after a few of the bar’s cocktails. What was previously something of an old geezers bar, I was told,…

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Czeching out new Czech bar

Having previously been involved with a London-based Czech lager brewery that left a sour taste in my mouth it has not put me off the country’s lovely lagers. It was therefore enjoyable to visit The Stranded bar on London’s The Strand where Bloomsbury Leisure Group has opened a new venue dedicated to serving Czech lager…

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