Sorry for such a long gap between posts. I’m working on something now, but just while we wait, here’s a brief one.
In my last post, I tried to settle on a definition of a pub so as to discuss the phenomenon of the gastropub, which to a certain extent is overtaking the very form of the traditional pub itself. We talked about the look of a place, we talked about the drinks available, the decor, the expectations of its drinkers, all kinds of things.
I therefore present this photo, of London Pub (Bloomsbury WC1, fig. 53), on Woburn Place.
Figure 53. London Pub (Bloomsbury WC1).
Is it even a pub? Despite its hopeful name, this could be considered a bar — and a hotel bar, at that.
2 responses so far ↓
Kake // 4 August 2009 at 12:22 am |
I’m fairly sure I’ve had a drink in this place, several years ago. It felt like a pub, just not a very good one.
Jim Barrs // 8 October 2009 at 2:00 pm |
My Grandad played for a football team called Argentine FC in 1937 I can’t find any reference to this club and wondered if it was a name of a pub in North London where he lived (Highbury & Islilngton) Can you help?