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Slapsie Maxie wrote:I would find it very hard to leave where I live ( Shoreditch/Hoxton ) I can walk everywhere from there, including the 15 minutes to my office

I am, however, pondering on buying a little place in SOHO. Since I first came down to London to live about 25 years ago, I have always wanted to live on Frith St or Dean St.

Sort of a " Slapsie Maxie is Unwell" for those that remember the Jeffery Barnard play

Slapsie

Used to drink in Bernard's old local, on Charlotte Street, damned if I can remember the name of it now. Used to be Dylan Thomas' old boozer too.

Ah, a hoxtonite, that explains it all now Maxie, the cravatte, the fine wines....do you perchance have a goatee beard and a beret worn at a jaunty angle?

French House? Coach & Horses?

So many down there. There are some spectacular crawls to be had round there. The Sun & Thirteen Cantons, Old coffee House, Sir John Snow, Shaston Arms is one of my favourites ( on a quiet saturday afternoon when it is not full of suits )

No beret. Do have a goatee and rather fetching it is too. Gives the ladies something to hang on to don't you know?

Slapsie

Slapsie Maxie wrote:French House? Coach & Horses?

So many down there. There are some spectacular crawls to be had round there. The Sun & Thirteen Cantons, Old coffee House, Sir John Snow, Shaston Arms is one of my favourites ( on a quiet saturday afternoon when it is not full of suits )

No beret. Do have a goatee and rather fetching it is too. Gives the ladies something to hang on to don't you know?

Slapsie

And I assume that rather than living in a house, you reside in a "space"...

Slapsie Maxie wrote:I would find it very hard to leave where I live ( Shoreditch/Hoxton ) I can walk everywhere from there, including the 15 minutes to my office

I am, however, pondering on buying a little place in SOHO. Since I first came down to London to live about 25 years ago, I have always wanted to live on Frith St or Dean St.

Sort of a " Slapsie Maxie is Unwell" for those that remember the Jeffery Barnard play

Slapsie

Good luck- I'm moving into a new ( small ) office tomorrow in Soho Square - rent? Only £6,000 per month. So you'll find me in the Toucan most afternoons And defintely tomorrow.

The Dog & Duck on Frith is one of the best locals round here.

In fact someone just told me the crown and 2 chairman on dean st is closing next week and giving away free beer....

Aha! Found it.....

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/ ... /Fitzrovia

MightyWarrior wrote: Good luck- I'm moving into a new ( small ) office tomorrow in Soho Square - rent? Only £6,000 per month. So you'll find me in the Toucan most afternoons And defintely tomorrow.

The Dog & Duck on Frith is one of the best locals round here.

In fact someone just told me the crown and 2 chairman on dean st is closing next week and giving away free beer....

Toucan used to be my local for work. I like that place.

Coconut wrote:
Toucan used to be my local for work. I like that place.

Yeah it's class, plus has a small downstairs bar where you can hide out from the boss all afternoon. Will be packed tomorrow for st paddys no doubt.

G Bernard's local was the coach and horses, with Norman the most miserable landlord in the west end.

http://img01.beerintheevening.com/cc/cc ... 92ec49.jpg

Slapsie Maxie wrote: The Sun & Thirteen Cantons,
Slapsie

GOOD PUB USED TO THERE PRE CLUBBING

when i was into all that

I always thought the Toucan was a shithole, as are most of the boozers around the west end, tiny, dingy, overpacked, stinking of stale beer, smokey and uncomfortable.

I fail to see what is so appealing about the Toucan, used to drink in there after work sometimes.

Not that fond of the Toucan although, used to go there for the "irish tapas" every now and again. used to do very very good oysters

I used to drink in The Pillars of Hercules behind Foyles all the time, but that is a shithole too.

The Dive Bar on gerrard st was tops, but that closed a couple of years ago

I have to say now, my fave place ( apart from my club ) is The Cork & Bottle

If you are a wine fan, this place is a must

it looks like nothing and is in a dreaful location ( just by Leicester Sq ) but it has the BEST wine list in London bar none. Does a decent burger too.

http://www.donhewitson.com

Slapsie

Yeah the best thing about the Toucan really is in the summer, standing outside watching the world go by, with the green of Soho square right by.
Too many airport lounge bars around these days...

The Blue Posts are good - there's four of them in Soho, and each one is meant to mark the four corners of Soho.

The Ship on Wardour street is good too.

That is some winelist. As a fellow oenophile we should meet up for a claret while the rest of these oiks drink beer

Oi you cheeky tart! I'm not even much of a beer drinker.

that looks a decent gaff there.....

actually, I think I've been to that place, it's down in the basement isn't it?

Loynesy wrote:That is some winelist. As a fellow oenophile we should meet up for a claret while the rest of these oiks drink beer

as my comunictions with slapsie (i dont know as much as he I add) and James can tell you my wine rack is usually fully stocked mostly red.

tis my tipple of choice.

J wrote:

Loynesy wrote:That is some winelist. As a fellow oenophile we should meet up for a claret while the rest of these oiks drink beer

as my comunictions with slapsie (i dont know as much as he I add) and James can tell you my wine rack is usually fully stocked mostly red.

tis my tipple of choice.

Well rather than knock back a few pints before the Haye fight we can sink a few Northern Rhones. Doesn't quite sound the same does it?

More of a South American man myself, a nice Malbec does me.

iove pinot noir crazy of late for some reason.

Must say a nice robust Pinot Noir is good too, I find I tend to like very heavy varieties of wine, the sort of stuff which makes you feel like you are dying the next morning if you overdo it.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:More of a South American man myself

yes we know James :-)

"I like big butts and I cannot lie, some other brothers might deny..."

jamesmcdonnell wrote:"I like big butts and I cannot lie, some other brothers might deny..."

i was thinking of two south american exports :-) you got the first......

Funnily enough of to a samba drumming class tonight to watch some south american TnA jiggling around.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Funnily enough of to a samba drumming class tonight to watch some south american TnA jiggling around.

Cant you just get a DVD with it on plus more? ;)

Far more interested in the chance of a 'fully interactive' experience if you get where I'm coming from.