the russian bar that is on kingsland road

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anyone been to the russian bar on kingsland road? that place is cool for aftewr club driniking with mental russians, and it stays open till 5 which isnt bad

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 7 December 2002 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)

there is a mirror and the russians dance in front of it admiring their reflections

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 7 December 2002 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Where is it exactly? Is it just near the canal? I think I recall seeing a Russian 'pub' or bar just there. Not been in it though.

― David (David), Saturday, 7 December 2002 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

just south of the canal, on the west side, by, um, orsman st? i think its yellow, but memorys a bit hazy

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 7 December 2002 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

i've walked past it dozens of times, but i'm shit scared of it. i mean, those PAINTINGS of carousing animals on the outside of it. scary as fuck.

― kate, Sunday, 8 December 2002 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone I know hired it for an event and it turned out to be double-booked with a Russian birthday party. They tried to combine turntablism with a Russian family gathering but had to make some serious concessions when they clocked the looks that some of the hard as nails Russian men were giving their choice of music. I think they scarpered after a while.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 9 December 2002 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

clocked... hard as nails... scarpered

N., have you turned into a cockerney geezer pearly king since you moved up to Glasgow? Maybe you have been hanging out with Gav too much...

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 9 December 2002 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

It's the same old ex-pat story. Leave your homeland, cling to an outdated parody of its culture. Irish Americans etc.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 9 December 2002 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

it is much better than the spanish bar

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 9 December 2002 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Pissing yourself is better than the Spanish Bar.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 9 December 2002 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

What about the late night 'jazz cafe' just off Kingsland Road?

I like the Spanish Bar, btw.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 9 December 2002 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

i liked the irish bar upstairs from the spanish bar...

Heh heh, Nick gone Cockney. Do you think I talked this Noo Yawk when I still lived there? Nah, I was as British as Damon Albarn. (this is indeed open to interpretation...)

― kate, Monday, 9 December 2002 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

ended up there on friday night, baggy suits, ostentatious moustaches, hardman stares, barmaids struggling with english, 12.5% baltikas, couple hoxtonites showed up later on, but mainly east europeans, dre and snoop rather than east euro trance though this time.

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 8 February 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh Fraser, Gill and I ended up at Paradox on Westfield St - some fit birds there but didn't get anywhere - they went and stole someone's Merc while i crashed out in a ditch

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 8 February 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

there is something about this thread that I really quite love a lot.

― Allyzay, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i am ready for Russia. i hope they love their boozy children too.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

?! u are going to russia then steve?

so, when are we going to 'Nu, Pogodi!' (for that is its name) next time then?

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

it's not that bad as places on kingsland road go, have ended up there a few times. there's a russian supermarket at the top of my road. in ther interest of culinary adventurousness i went and bought a ton of food there yesterday. i don't know what any of it is bevcaue the people in there speak very, very bad english. let's just say it involves sausages and great black bread.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

aw man some kind of bread/black pudding fusion i hope

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

sadly no, but the sausages are fucking massive, you know the ones, tied in a loop, but about the size and shape of a toilet seat. the bread is amazing and they do wicked polish beer, too.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

is this place in a basement and really small? i've been to a dodgy after-hours russian boozer in that area, but i thought it was on (or just off) leonard st. lots of russian posters on the walls, russian bouze, and the dj played dub and reggae when i was there.

i am usually quite pissed when i've been there, so i may not be totally accurate here...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the phrase "ostentatious moustaches" - its got a great rhythm to it.

I went to a Spanish bar on Kingsland Road not long ago. It was upstairs though, and much bigger. They were playing Monstertruckdriver as we went in and I got very excited. Everyone there was Spanish except us.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

no it's on kingsland road. where is this other one?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I need a new toliet seat... Dave can you give me the address please?

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i just figured it out - it's on ravey st off of leonard. called 'swersh':
http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?BarRef=1909

not really a 'russian' bar, then. just a lot of communist/eastern bloc imagery'n'shit...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought that might be it. nah it's not russian and it's not dodgy

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

haha ravey street

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

swersh=smersh, right?

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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