Shoreditch.
Owl & Pussycat
Street: 34 Redchurch Street
Operator: Youngs
Open:
11:00 - 23:00 Sunday-Monday
11:00 - 00:00 Tuesday-Saturday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Liverpool Street (16min)
Circle
Metropolitan
Hammersmith & City
Overground: Shoreditch High Street (4min)
London Overground
About the pub:
Former Charrington, now a Brakspear pub, leased to Young's since 2014. Roomy pub with open fireplace and garden area at back, upstairs bar/function room.
Grade II listing.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Tower Hamlets
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The Old Blue Last
Street: 38 Great Eastern Street
Operator: Independent
Open:
13:00 - 00:00 Sunday-Wednesday
13:00 - 01:00 Thursday
13:00 - 02:00 Friday-Saturday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Old Street (8min)
Northern
About the pub:
Large one bar pub. It claims to have been the first pub to sell Porter. Built 1700 rebuilt 1876. Lunchtime snacks. Locally listed.
This striking and dominant bull-nosed corner pub stands on the apex of Great Eastern Street and Curtain Road. It is built in brick and has well restored original decorative details on the exterior of the pub including a huge sign on corner roofline.
There has been a pub on the site from the 18th century which was originally called the Last. It is supposedly the first pub where Porter was sold. In 1876, Truman’s took over the pub.
They pulled the Last down and rebuilt the current building as The Old Blue Last. Throughout the 1980s and '90s it was a strip club and illegal brothel. Today it is an important live music venue and has been recently refurbished, and altered internally. The exterior has been restored.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
The Griffin
Street: 93 Leonard Street
Operator: Urban Pubs & Bars
Open:
12:00 - 00:00 Monday-Friday
12:00 - 01:00 Saturday
13:00 - 22:00 Sunday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Old Street (7min)
Northern
About the pub:
Re-opened after refurbishment, selling a changing cask beer,, 15 kegs and 40 bottles.
Grade II listing:- c.1889, Open stairs to rear lead up to former function room on first floor. A characterful pub from the High Victorian period with a good facade and internal survivals of note.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
The Bricklayers Arms
Street: 63 Charlotte Road
Operator: Independent
Open:
11:00 - 00:00 Monday-Saturday
11:00 - 22:30 Sunday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
No homepage
Underground: Old Street (7min)
Northern
About the pub:
Basic pub. Darts. Restaurant. Function room. Large mirror behind the bar.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
The Prince Arthur
Street: 49 Brunswick Place
Operator: Shepard Neame
Open:
12:00 - 23:00 Monday-Thursday
12:00 - 00:00 Friday-Saturday
Closed Sunday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Old Street (4min)
Northern
About the pub:
There's pub (board) games (e.g. Monopoly, Cluedo, chess, backgammon, Scrabble) available in a promoted 'Games Corner'. There's a full range of prints, art, pictures, signs and more on the walls, and at the rear lower level (access to toilets, which are not easy to get to for the disabled or wheelchairs, from here) a restored fireplace and (in season!) a real fire may be found.
A side street, and a little away from the main drag, this is an old-fashioned boozer, mixing traditional local customers with some of the younger generation with a degree of panache. It's small, with one bar counter that once boasting four hand pumps - all Shepherd Neame in late May 2019 but in March 2023 as above - and while the tables and chairs are a mixture of stripped and distressed, the overall effect, with a curious mix of suspended lights, globe lampshades, and faux wall mounted candles and shades, somehow works as welcoming and comfortable. The only soft furnishings were the two worn and frayed cushions on the two higher bar stools.
The main building is said to date to the early 18th century, with the ground floor extended at the front to support a balcony in the 1820s or 1830s. The main bar area was further extended out under a previous licensee, Dixie Dean, a former boxer. Outside there's a fold down bench immediately to the right of the front doors, and across the pedestrianised way tables and seating for smokers (ask for an ashtray at the bar) and those wishing to enjoy the finer weather.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
Old Fountain
Street: 3 Baldwin Street
Operator: Independent
Open:
15:00 - 23:00 Monday
12:00 - 23:00 Tuesday-Saturday
12:00 - 20:00 Sunday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Old Street (2min)
Northern
About the pub:
Privately owned free house with a single bar. The pub has 2 levels, the lower with a dartboard, 2 steps up to the level with a fish tank. Relax upstairs on the roof garden, with two large parasols and heating. The comprehensive beer range comes mainly from local and microbreweries; the pub is noted for new brews and an extensive range of local bottled beers.
Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2013.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
Howl at the Moon
Street: 178 Hoxton Street
Operator: Hoxton Pub
Open:
12:00 - 23:30 Monday-Thursday
12:00 - 01:00 Friday-Saturday
12:00 - 23:00 Sunday
Map: Shoreditch crawl
Hompage
Underground: Old Street (16min)
Northern
Overground: Hoxton (7min)
London Overground
About the pub:
Revitalized and laid back pub, a single bar with an eclectic mix of furniture with mixed tables, armchairs and sofas, a piano, lit by candles and table lamps with a ceiling decorated with hop sacks and empty casks. It has a very warm and welcoming feel and the internal pillars probably indicate a previous bar layout. Regular events include band nights, art cabaret, an alternative pub quiz and comedy nights.
Nearby point of interest:
Blue plaques - Hackney
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