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ALEXANDRA BAR & EATING HOUSE
376 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2PQ
Formerly Hornsey Wood Tavern
Closed and boarded. Now demolished.
Last update: 03/01/2008
ARSENAL TAVERN
175 Blackstock Road, N4 2JS
Last update: 20/04/94
AULD TRIANGLE
52 St Thomas Road, N4 2QW
No real ale
Formerly Plimsoll Arms
Last update: 28/11/2006
BEACONSFIELD
357 Green Lanes, N4 1DZ
Fuller's London Pride, Greene King IPA
Welcome installation of real ale.
Last update: 19/04/2006
BLACKSTOCK
284 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2HY
Last update: 06/02/92
BROWNSWOOD PARK TAVERN
271 Green Lanes, N4
Caledonian Deuchars IPA, Courage Directors, Fuller's London Pride
Attractive pub with a friendly atmosphere, added to by the large dog who lives there. Also serves quite nice Thai food. Main room has a large screen for various sporting events, but it manages not to dominate, even when in use. One room has a pool table, and they have a few tables out the back, in a flowery courtyard.
Last update: 29/12/2006
CROUCH
39 Crouch Hill, N4
No Real Ale.
New bar in former shop unit. Reported as closed following the death of the owner.
Closed.
Last update: 17/02/2007
FALTERING FULLBACK RFC
19 Perth Road, N4 3HB
Fuller's London Pride
'Local' pub that's always busy. Three small seating areas with friendly atmosphere close to bar. One large area with picnic tables, pool table and Thai kitchen at rear. Small garden. Leffe Blonde available, and large range of lagers.
Formerly Sir Walter Scott
Last update: 22/12/2008
FINSBURY
336 Green Lanes, N4 1BX
Fuller's London Pride, Greene King Abbot
Another pub to have had a refurbishment recently, just up from Manor House tube. It has been through many disguises in the past including the infamous Mr Q chain and usually majors on sports. It's now had a clean up and is darker and moodier than before. Even better, real ale has bveen installed but at a cost, Pride costing 3.20 a pint! No wonder it was rather empty.
Was Finsbury Park Hotel. Punch
Last update: 12/06/2009
GARDEN LADDER
501 Green Lanes, N4 1AL
020 8348 8563
16:00 - 00:00 Mon - Thu, 12:00 - 01.00 Fri/Sat, 12.00 - 00.00 Sun
Varies
A former Indian restaurant converted into a pleasant pub with no TV. Already has a Cask Marque accreditation. Serves an excellent food menu and is a welcome addition to Green Lanes. This is a true free house being run by Simon and Susanna Walters, who commented, “We have Directors on all the time with 1 or 2 guest ales, recently Adnams Broadside, Bombardier, Deuchars IPA, Paradise Ale, Coopers Butt, Spitfire, Pride of Pendle etc. We do not rotate but choose by customer request and personal experience from all that is available.”
Last update: 29/09/2009
GASLIGHT
5 Station Place, N4 2DH
11-11
Greene King IPA
Formerly Muldoons.
Last update: 28/04/2005
HAPPY MAN
89 Woodberry Grove, N4 2SB
No real ale
An Irish pub. Noted as now called HAPPY MAN, quite a big refurbishment and a lot brighter, assumed no real ale, couldn't see anything obvious through the windows.
formerly Bechers, then Blarney Stone
Last update: 03/03/2008
JOHN'S REAL ALE (OFF LICENCE)
41 Quernmore Road, N4 4QP
Shutters have been up for several years now, though the sign remains.
Closed.
Last update: 16/09/2002
KINGS HEAD
126 Blackstock Road, N4 2JW
Last update: 07/09/94
LARRIK
2-4 Crouch Hill, N4 4AU
12-11
Greene King IPA, Abbot Ale.
Formerly Danzibar, Stapleton Hall Tavern. Renamed 'The Larrik' in 2001, after a spell as 'Danzibar'. Up-market, but pleasant atmosphere. Bare floor and deep sofas.
Last update: 20/02/2003
LONDON SHELTON HOTEL
60 Wightman Road, N4 1RU
Formerly Railway. No longer a pub. Has recently been refurbished (to little external effect) and will have a 'tandoori restaurant'.
Last update: 18/09/2002
MANOR HOUSE
316 Green Lanes, N4 1BX
Demolished and site cleared late 2004. Now shop units and residential development.
Closed.
Last update: 23/05/2006
MEETING PLACE
17 Blackstock Road, N4 2JF
No longer a pub, just a small cafe.
Closed.
Last update: 18/03/2003
N4
20 Fonthill Road, N4 3HU
11-11
No Real Ale
No handpumps, no real ale. Decor altered, but not much else.
Originally Duke of Edinburgh, then Red Rita's, now renamed N4
Last update: 20/06/2009
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
6 Ferme Park Road, N4 4ED
11.00 - 23.00
Bass; plus a rotating guest.
Usually busy with a second room mainly for games (darts, pool, bar billiards). A shop conversion, like many Irish bars in North London, majoring on sporting events in an area under-served for pubs. Impressive fireplace and pleasant wood panelling. Outside drinking area at the back. Privately owned. W3 bus links to Finsbury Park.
Last update: 20/06/2009
NOBLE
29 Crouch Hill, N4 4AP
020 7281 7444
Mon - Thu 17.00 - 23.00 (Fri 00.00), Sat 11.00 - 00.00, Sun tbc
Caledonian Deuchar's IPA + guest
This pub was taken over by the same people who run the Northgate (113 Southgate Rd) and is now a gastropub focussing more on food but at last with real ale on tap. A one-bar pub with a mixture of booths and tables (large and small). It was one of the original Marler bars and after that a succesful Tap & Spile.
Formerly The Flag, Racecourse, and Tap and Spile and latterly Big Fat Sofa
Last update: 2o/06/2009
OAKDALE ARMS
283 Hermitage Road, N4 1NP
12-11; 12-10.30 Sun
Beer range varies - around 4 Milton brews + 2 guests
Pub reopened under ownership of Milton Brewery. Six or seven real ales including a mild and a stout available at all times. Also real cider always available. Small but interesting range of foreign beers. Pub is under threat from owners who wish to convert to residential use. This pub has a very pleasant atmostphere. This a large pub with two rooms and quiet ambiance - major football matches are shown in one room. Pool, darts and other pub games are available. It is the branch pub of the season for Autumn 2003 and its Pub of the Year for 2005. Holds regular beer and cider festivals.
Last update: 19/04/2006
OLD ALE EMPORIUM
405 Green Lanes, N4 1EU
0208 348 6200
11.00 - 00.00 Mon - Thu (01.00 Fri/Sat), 12.00 - 00.00 Sun
Fuller's London Pride plus three rotating guests
Small cornerhouse pub with mix of students and locals. Following a recent renovation this pub now has a lovely atmosphere. There is a heated covered area for smokers, a polished wood floor, nice furniture, celebrity photos on the wall and a jukebox with 5000 selections. The guest ales come from the cellarman's reserve catalogue. Erdinger weiss bier is also available.
Formerly Mortimer Arms.
Last update: 29/09/2009
OLD DAIRY
1-3 Crouch Hill, N4 4AP
020 7263 3337
12.00 - 23.00 Mon - Sat; 12.00 - 22.30 Sun
Caledonian Deuchar's IPA, Harveys Sussex Bitter, Sharps Doom Bar.
Three changing real ales. The fifth pub to be acquired by Realpubs limited. Oddly enough the building was just that – Friern Manor Dairy Farm, established 1839, this building dates from 1889. With its crenallated exterior, minarets and large relief etchings extolling the virtues of the various processes in producing milk, it certainly presents an unusual sight. It’s received an impressive make-over and, with such a large space to work with, can successfully offer separate dining arrears without impinging upon the overall pub feel. It has the now standard mix of large tables and sofas, illuminated by table lamps plus candles and with huge picture windows either end. The atmosphere is added to by impressive chandeliers, exposed brick walls and ductwork with steel girders. There are lots of different areas to eat or drink - details of food and serving times are best obtained for their website.
website: www.realpubs.co.uk
Last update: 22/08/2009
OLD SUFFOLK PUNCH
10 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
Closed permanently as of Tuesday 18 Feb 2003.
Closed.
Last update: 20/02/2003
OSBOURNE TAVERN
106 Stroud Green Road, N4 3EN
Has been Nando's Chickenland for several years.
Closed.
Last update: 16/09/2002
PARK TAVERN
164 Tollington Park, N4 3AD
11-11
No Real Ale
Friendly, two room pub, much used by the Irish.
Last update: 18/03/2003
RAILWAY
11 Wells Terrace, N4 3JU
No real ale
Last update: 21/06/2006
ROBEY
240 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2HX
For a time run by the Mean Fiddler group, it then became a music club, it has now been gutted internally but the facade remains.
Closed.
Last update: 21/11/2006
SALISBURY
1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
020 8800 9617
17.00 - midnight Mon to Weds, 17.00 - 01.00am Thu, 15.00 - 02.00am Fri, 12.00 - 02.00am Sat, 12 - 23 Sun
Fuller's Discovery, London Pride, ESB, seasonal beers
Re-opened end Jan 2003 under new owners 'Remarkable Pubs'. Switched from selling Ridleys beers to Fullers. Well worth visiting for the magnificent Victorian architecture alone, the pub is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of pub interiors of special historic interest.A selection of good food is available lunch and evening and there is a separate dining room. Later at night that room can feature DJs or occasional live music. Quiz Monday evenings. Hoegaarden, Leffe, Litover (two different) and Zubr lagers.
Was Charringtons, Bass until 2002.
Last update: 09/01/2008
TWELVE PINS
263 Seven Sisters Road, N4 2DE
No real ale
A very Irish pub.
Formerly Finsbury Park Tavern
Last update: 28/11/2006
WHITE LION OF MORTIMER
125-127 Stroud Green Road, N4 3PX
11-11 (10am for breakfast)
Courage Directors; Greene King IPA, Fuller's London Pride, Marston's Pedigree plus four regularly changing guest beers.
One of the oldest Wetherspoon's pubs, established in 1986, converted from a car showroom. Not sure why the name was chosen, but it is heraldic, one of the "Queen's Beasts". It has changed substantially after a complete refurbishment about 10 years ago. Out with the central bars and leather settees; now it is just a jumble of spaces and a bar down one side.
Last update: 20/06/2009
WORLDS END
21-23 Stroud Green Road, N4 3EF
Up to three rotating beers eg Adnams Broadside, Fuller's London Pride, Sharp's Doom Bar
Bought by Capital Pub Company in May 2007 and given a good clean up, had previously been badged as part of Barracuda's "Smith and Jones" chain. Just 2 minutes walk from the Wells Terrace side of Finsbury Park tube station. Consisting of many different areas, with a central bar, it was once a famous live music venue but the rear room is now just used for pool. Fantastic table football machine, £1 a game.
Originally branded Rhythm & Hops
Last update: 20/06/2009

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