DELICIOUS places IN LONDON

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

I'm always rather partial to the London Docklands after they fell out of use and before Thatcher turned theminto a physical representation of capitalist inequality. Urban decay at its finest.

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[Zu]

I don't go here NEARLY OFTEN ENOUGH

Delicious being the operative word on ALL FRONTS!

 

[Zu]

I'm quite a fan of Pontoon Dock DLR station (and the DLR in general) and of course MILLENNIUM MILLS is just up the road

I mean they are trying to make the surrounding area as DES RES as possible with those new builds nearby but GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. Even the road itself is GRIM

 

[Zu]

That scary and weird underground roundabout which turns out to be Westferry Circus

 

[Zu]

Also THIS on street level above the aforementioned

 

[Kate]

I was just googling some of my favourite pubs and was slightly THROWN by someone I know appearing on the very first page for one of them

 

[THEY CALL ME GAJA]

I was just googling some of my favourite pubs and was slightly THROWN by someone I know appearing on the very first page for one of them

is it me outside g-a-y late crying

 

[Kate]

STOMPIE THE TANK: a small selection of her many fabulous outfits over the years

 

[Kate]

And this pub which is just around the corner. I can't find any good pics of the interior but rest assured it is like stepping back to the 1970s

 

[Peekaboo]

Has anyone been to Stephen Wright's House Of Dreams? I feel I ought to...

House of Dreams | Stephen Wright Artist

Stephen Wright is an artist who has turned his East Dulwich semi into a shrine for the unloved, forgotten and discarded.

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I've been to this! Well, I got DRAGGED. It was fun in a "well if I bumped into this house when I was walking down the street and it was completely open and FREE to enter I would have enjoyed my five minutes inside and then I would have walked out and FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT ALL in ten minutes" sort of way. But I'm allergic to BULLSHIT and IS IT ART DARLING type of places so obviously YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.

 

[Zu]

And this pub which is just around the corner. I can't find any good pics of the interior but rest assured it is like stepping back to the 1970s

Truly it is a rarity to see a pub with that TRUMAN HANBURY BUXTON & CO LTD. signage ( TO INFINITY) which hasn't been boarded up or burnt down

 

[lolly]

I've been to this! Well, I got DRAGGED. It was fun in a "well if I bumped into this house when I was walking down the street and it was completely open and FREE to enter I would have enjoyed my five minutes inside and then I would have walked out and FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT ALL in ten minutes" sort of way. But I'm allergic to BULLSHIT and IS IT ART DARLING type of places so obviously YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.

I'm just a sucker for severed dolls' heads, so I think I'd LOVE it

 

[Zu]

@Kate Is this the interior, or is this somewhere else entirely?

 

[Kate]

Another favourite pub: The Pride of Spitalfields

Including MARY'S PANTRY for your "sandwich & packet of Tayto's" lunchtime needs

It also has a cat

 

[Peekaboo]

I'm just a sucker for severed dolls' heads, so I think I'd LOVE it

Oh it's full of THAT, it's CHINTZ GALORE.

 

[Ha-lucy-nation]

Oh the PRIDE was my old local when I worked in Spitafields! Ham, Egg and Chips for £3.50

 

[Zu]

Another favourite pub: The Pride of Spitalfields

Including MARY'S PANTRY for your "sandwich & packet of Tayto's" lunchtime needs

It also has a cat

That cat has the look of one who's seen a FEW THINGS

 

[Kate]

@Kate Is this the interior, or is this somewhere else entirely?

YES!

Just out of shot to the left:

 

[Zu]

There's a distinct air of CAN YOU NOT (from Mr Cat)

 

[Ellie]

Love a pub cat. We used to go to this one in Kentish Town West called Tapping The Admiral. I once mistook this cat for my fluffy hat as it was sleeping on a stool tucked under the bar

 

[Ha-lucy-nation]

That cat has the look of one who's seen a FEW THINGS

She’s seen me in SOME STATES.

 

[Zu]

YES!

Just out of shot to the left:

Loads more photos HERE

The food looks FANTASTIC AKA enormous portions

"Yes, both plates are for me, luv. @Kate's on the pork scratchings."

 

[Kate]

Loads more photos HERE

The food looks FANTASTIC AKA enormous portions

"Yes, both plates are for me, luv. @Kate's on the pork scratchings."

Yes, that first one with the BANANA - that's my friend on the left I have asked him wtf is going on

 

[Kate]

A bunch of us once went there in December and there was loads of food left over from an office party including AN ENTIRE SIDE OF SALMON and Pat the landlord just let us have it

He also has an enormous gin selection and will happily get it all out from the cellar for you to PERUSE and SNIFF

 

[win_the_game]

I can’t think of anything less appealing than a pub. Much prefer a nice WINE BAR.

 

[lolly]

Love a pub cat. We used to go to this one in Kentish Town West called Tapping The Admiral. I once mistook this cat for my fluffy hat as it was sleeping on a stool tucked under the bar

Come to the Bag o' Nails here. It's full of them. And wankers in silly hats. Stinks of course, although I'm still unsure if it's the cats or wankers in silly hats.

 

[Ha-lucy-nation]

 

[Ha-lucy-nation]

They really do look like BRISTOL CRUSTIES at their worst.

 

[lolly]

They really do look like BRISTOL CRUSTIES at their worst.

No, we can do much worse than that.

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

How can a pie be HAND RAISED?

 

[Ellie]

Come to the Bag o' Nails here. It's full of them. And wankers in silly hats. Stinks of course, although I'm still unsure if it's the cats or wankers in silly hats.

I have heard of this pub! If I ever have to go to Bristol I will definitely be visiting

 

[win_the_game]

Between the cats and the hats, I imagine the place stinks of piss.

 

[lolly]

How can a pie be HAND RAISED?

I think it refers to the pastry, rather than rearing the piglet. Although looking at the twat in the hat, I'm not so sure.

 

[Zu]

They really do look like BRISTOL CRUSTIES at their worst.

I'm in. @lolly I'm getting the 13:25

Also at the cat sitting in the PORK PIE TRAY

 

[Zu]

Between the cats and the hats, I imagine the place stinks of piss.

All pubs DO! At least smoking used to hide the ALL-PERVASIVE WHIFF

 

[lolly]

I have heard of this pub! If I ever have to go to Bristol I will definitely be visiting

'HAVE TO'?

Brave Ellie ventures outside M25

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

As a single mother I brought up three pies with no help from their father. And worked in a cat pub all hours

 

[lolly]

Between the cats and the hats, I imagine the place stinks of piss.

It takes your breath away when you first step inside. Scary how quickly you become accustomed though.

I imagine visitors coming to my house feel the same

 

[Ellie]

'HAVE TO'?

Brave Ellie ventures outside M25

I don't even like going to North London!

 

[Kate]

The Seven Stars in Holborn of course has a cat that wears a RUFF.

I once had to step over it to get to the loos as it was lying on the stairs not giving a shit.