The bar underneath the Phoenix theatre on Charing Cross Road

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I think it is becoming my favourite pub in London. It's underground, and tucked away, and sometimes members-only although they are rubbish at enforcing this. Its warm and cosy and arty without feeling poncy or pretentious, even if the old man who runs it sometimes puts on a dress and a fruit basket on his head.

And they never, ever seem to have last orders. Do you like it too?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 7 January 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

I haven't decided whether it is a pub or a bar, although I don't much care.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 7 January 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

It's a bar. I feel like this thread is something you started long before now, but apparently not. Maybe you just posted about it before on another thread. I've not been there in a long time.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Saturday, 7 January 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

It's a nice little place. You're right about the lax member's only thing. A director friend of mine got us in my patting his pockets and saying "oh I've forgotten my card, can we go in?" and the lady on the door let us (7) all in no trouble at all. He isn't a member but he told me he says the same thing every time and in he goes.
We got well wrecked.

― Merryweather (scarlet), Saturday, 7 January 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

I love this place too, best bar in the area (apart from the Angel which is a pub and therefore doesn't count)

― mzui (mzui), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I know this place! It's nice. I think when I first went in, I was expecting, you know, a crowd of luvvies.

― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

what are luvvies?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

http://www.exit.hu/upload/image/1568/image_img_151_151.jpg

― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/E/election2005/images/stanley_rice.gif

AH here -

Noun: luvvie
Usage: Brit

1. (informal) an actor or actress (or other artistically minded person) who is effusive, affected or camp
- luvvy [Brit]

― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Its warm and cosy and arty without feeling poncy or pretentious, even if the old man who runs it sometimes puts on a dress and a fruit basket on his head.

― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1975000/images/_1977162_tonynoel300.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 7 January 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

britain

― [tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

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