Although technically situated in Highgate, the pub is actually at the bottom (pardon the pun) of Hurst Street, so on my way I pirouetted past ballet fans queuing to see Swan Lake at The Hippodrome, then minced my way past clubs Missing, and Eden which was staging Bear Brum, I have no idea what it entailed and the photograph on the poster outside of a scantily clad man did not tempt me to try and find out !!
Years ago my brother Dave and I had an afternoon lock in (ask your Dad kids) at The Lamp Tavern so I had fond memories of the place though the inclement weather meant that my hands were too cold to take a decent selfie so I am not necessarily capturing the place (or myself for that matter) in all its glory.
The pub is one of the smallest pubs in the city and a big favourite of the real ale community so I was like a kid in a sweet shop as there were about six on offer so after much deliberation I chose a pint of Everards Tiger Bitter served to me by long standing landlord Eddie.
Although it was fairly early on Saturday evening, there was no spare seats to be had so I went and stood by a couple of fellow Blues fans and moaned about things at St Andrews until they left to get their cab, well at least that's what they told me !!
There was a piano in the corridor behind the bar and it was being played rather well by a bunch of students though their choice of songs was old fashioned to say the least though somewhat embarrassingly I found myself singing along to If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy !!
All in all a great (very) little pub and I will definitely return very soon.
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