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Sadler's Well Theater is in Finsbury on Rosebury Avenue to the north and Smithfield Market is on the southern end. Between them is a long walk that is off the path of most tourists. There is not much to do here at night but take your map during your walk.

The coordinates [123 A1] locates the area in the Geographer's AZ London Street Atlas, the small book. That is page 123 and grid A1.

Artillery Arms (Fullers) Clerkenwell [142 A4]
102 Bunhill Row EC1 opposite Bunhill Burial Grounds
Phone 020 7253-4683
Old Street station

Bishops Finger (Shepherd Neame) Clerkenwell [141]
9 West Smithfield EC1
Phone 020 7248-2341
Farringdon or Barbican station

Britanna Clerkenwell-Finsbury [141 M3]
94 Ironmonger Row EC1 off Old Street
Phone 020 7253-6441
Old Street station

City Pride (Fuller's) Clerkenwell [141 H4]
28 Farringdon Lane EC1
Farringdon station

Crosby Head Shoreditch
Old St EC1 at Pitfield St
Old Street station

This did not look like the "olde" style pub people expect to see. With a pool table inside it did not have a high comfort level. A preference would be the Lord Nelson across the street.

Crown & Woolpack
St. John St EC1
Sorry but I don’t have better information to pin-point it/

Eagle Clerkenwell [141 H3]
Farringdon Rd EC1 at Bowling Green Lane
Between Rosebery Ave and Clerkenwell Rd
Phone 837-1353
Farringdon station

Empress of Russia Finsbury
St John St EC1 south of City Road
Angel station

Filthy McNasty’s Finsbury [141 G1]
68 Amwell St. EC1
Phone 020 7837-6067
Angel station

A pub manufactured to look Irish.

Fox & Anchor (Nicholson's) The Barbican [141 K5]
115 Charterhouse St EC1 across from the Central Markets
Phone 020 7253-4838
Barbican station

Open 07.00 - 22.00 Monday through Fridays. 08.00 - 12.00 Sat. At 07.00 you can get steak and real ale or porter for breakfast. Yes, you can have a pint at 0700. The menu looks like it came from an American diner, a great selection and large portions. The cook does his work behind the bar and the place smells great. A dining room is past the bar and smaller private rooms past that. This is different from most pubs.

The bar has the traditional look most people expect a London pub to have. The wall opposite the bar is usually reserved for drinking, either by standing or siting. Here they placed tables for eating since this pub has an emphasis for early breakfast and lunch for the working bloke. At the end of the bar you will find the cook. He may be hard to spot since he is hidden behind a gross of eggs set out for daily meals. As a waitress leads you past all this you enter a small room for breakfast at 07.00. This room is intimate in itself. Wood on the walls and a nice fireplace get you ready for a comforting meal. You will also see etched glass doors along a wall, which resemble a long closet. These hide the other smaller private rooms, which are also available. This sounds if the Fox and Anchor is a restaurant. It is not, I assure you.

Hand in Shears (Inntrepreneur) Clerkenwell [141 L5]
1 Middle St EC1
Phone 020 7600-0257
Barbican station

Horseshoe (Inntrepreneur) Clerkenwell [141 H3]
24 Clerkenwell Close EC1
Phone 020 7253-6068
Farringdon station

Jerusalem Tavern (St. Peter's brewery) Clerkenwell [141 J4]
Britton Rd EC1
Farringdon station
This tied house has as many cask ales as it does nook and crannies. Just the place to get away from it all. Well of you are going to hide out this pub will keep you nourished and wet for as long as your charge card holds out. The head brewer is Mr. Mark Slater and for a while brewed in my town, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mark can attest to my love of English ale.

Leopard [141]33 Seward St EC1
Phone 020 7253-3587
Open M-F
Old, Farringdon or Barbican stations

London Spa (Young's)
70 Exmouth St EC1

Clean.

Lord Nelson Shordetich [142 B2]
262 Old St EC1 at Singer
Old Street station

This is the place to stop if you are coming or going to the Beer Shop on Pitfield Street. The Lord Nelson has fine ale and a very smart decor. Closed on weekends.

Masque Haunt (Weatherspoons)
168 Old Street EC1
Phone 020 7251-4195
Old Street station

I’ve not been to this pub (yet) but it should be past Pitfield Street. The Beer Shop on Pitfield St is in N1. Everything north of Old Street is in N1 and south is EC2. Now you know why so many Londoners drink.

Melton Mowbray (Fuller’s) Holborn [141 G6]
18 Holborn EC1 at Furnival St
Phone 020 7405-7077
Chancery Lane station

It’s very full at lunch with the hum of business people jammed in every nook and cranny. As well it should with Fuller's in the wood, homemade pies and a comfortable setting.

Newmarket
City of London
West Smithfield EC1

New Red Lion Clerkenwell
St. John St EC1 at Spencer St near City University
Angel station

O'Hanlons Finsbury
18 Tysoe St EC1 off Rosebery Ave
Phone 020 7837-4112
Angle or Farringdon stations (Both are a walk)

One of the few London pubs that bring in Dublin Guinness.

Old Red Lion Islington Phone
418 St. John St EC1
Phone 020 7837-7816
Angle station

This is one of the few city pubs that are open all week. You will find a small theater upstairs.

Pheasant & Firkin (Free House) Pentonville [62 B2]
166 Goswell Rd EC1
Angel station

Red Lion Finsbury [141 J2]
St. John St EC1
Angel station

Rising Sun (Samuel Smith) [141]
38 Cloth Fair EC1
Phone 020 7726-6671
St. Paul's station

Sekforde Arms (Young's) Farringdon [141 J4]
34 Sekforde St EC1
Phone 020 7253-3251
Farringdon station

Shakespeare Barbican
101 Goswell Rd EC1 (Crescent House)
Closed on Sunday

Viaduct Tavern [141 K7]
126 Newgate St EC1
Phone 020 7606-8476
St. Paul's station

Ye Olde Mitre (Free House) Holborn [141 H6]
Ely Court EC1 between Hatton Garden and Ely Place
Phone 020 7405-4751
Chancery Lane or Farringdon station

Closed on weekends. Near St. Etheldreda Church. Built by Bishop Goddrich in 1547 for his servants and rebuilt in 1772.

This is rather secluded and many other tourists may not know of it or may have trouble finding it. Look for the sign of the cross at the entrance way to Ely Court. If you enter Ely Place walk on the left sidewalk. The pub itself is small and has a room on either side of the bar. I have witnessed the bartender having to go outside to get from one room to the other. Most people have curio cabinets to display their objects d' art. The Mitre has a display case built around the tree the pub was built around. Getting here and drinking here can be most interesting.

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