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ALL BAR ONE

1-3 Hampstead Lane, N6 4RS

Opened August 97 replacing a restaurant. Long bar opening out at the back and decorated in typical style with all the usual attributes

Closed. A restaurant once more

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Last update: 27/08/2010

ANGEL

37 Highgate High Street, N6 5JT

020 8341 5913

12.00 – 00.00 (Sun 23.00)

Adnams Broadside, Greene King IPA, Timothy Taylor’s Landlord

One of the older pub sites in Highgate (1610). The present building dates from 1888 rebuilt in 1930 and refurbished in 1992, leaving it with a rather dark interior. Look out for the fish tank built into the wall behind the bar. Food served: Mon - Thu 12.00 – 22.00, Fri - Sat 10.00 – 23.00, Sun 12.00 – 21.30. Various board games are available. Underground: Archway or Highgate. Buses: 143 & 210; 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby.

M&B

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Last update: 13/01/2009

BOOGALOOS BAR

312 Archway Road, N6 5AT

No Real Ale

Now 'Boogaloos Bar'. Aiming at the trendy bottle drinkers.

Formerly Shepherds

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Last update: 12/01/2009

BULL

13 North Hill, N6 4AD

020 8341 4367

No real ale

Closed - future uncertain

Closed

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Last update: 21/06/2010

DUKES HEAD

16 Highgate High Street, N6 5JG

020 8340 6688

Three handpumps but no real ale available.

Former coaching inn with courtyard. Now a narrow single bar with seating front and pool table in the rear.

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Last update: 17/01/2009

FLASK

77 Highgate West Hill, N6 6BU

020 8348 7346

Mon - Sat 11.00 - 23.00; Sun 12.00 - 22.30.

Fuller's Chiswick, London Pride, ESB + guest beers

17th century pub listed on CAMRA’s Regional Inventory of historic pub interiors, originally two buildings now forming one pub, it was also known as the Upper Flask, the Lower Flask being the pub in Hampstead. There are legends of ghosts and Dick Turpin is said to have hidden in the cellars. More plausibly, the 18th century painter, engraver and satirist William Hogarth, and revolutionary thinker and philosopher Karl Marx are said to have been regulars. The Flask is one of the area pubs where the ceremony of the ‘Swearing of the Horns’ takes place. Can get very busy. Food served: Mon - Fri 12.00 - 16.00 & 18.00 - 21.30, Sat 12.00 - 22.00, Sun 12.00 - 21.30. Underground: Archway or Highgate. Buses: 143 & 210, 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby. Acquired by Fuller's from M&B in February 2009.

M&B

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Last update: 16/07/2009

GARDEN VIEW HOTEL

12 Shepherds Hill, N6 5AQ

Closed - Residential for about 8 years now.

Closed

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Last update: 13/01/2009

GATEHOUSE

1 North Road, N6 4BD

(020) 8340 8054

Mon - Thu 9.00 - 23.30 (Fri/Sat 00.00, Sun 22.30)

Courage Best, Greene King Abbot, Marston’s Pedigree, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, four or more guests, Weston’s Old Rosie or 08:24 13/01/2009Vintage

Large rambling pub at the top of Highgate Hill, two separate drinking areas with a very nice and secluded outside drinking area. Good range of real ales. One of the better Wetherspoons pubs which, of course, is to be expected in Highgate Village. With a theatre upstairs, this Tudor style building, formerly a Watney’s pub was refurbished in 1993, being the oldest of Highgate inns dating from about 1380. There are plenty of old photographs of the High St with the building in the background of most of them. Food is served until one hour before closing. Underground: Archway or Highgate. Buses: 143 & 210, 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby. The theatre - Upstairs at The Gatehouse, details can be found at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com, separate phone 020 8340 3488.

A J D Wetherspoon house

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Last update: 12/01/2009

HIGHGATE

385 Archway Road, N6 4ER

No phone

Mon - Fri 16.00 - 1.00, Sat 12.00 - 1.00 (Sun 00.30)

Black Sheep Best Bitter

Small shop conversion, formerly ‘Rose’s Ale House’ and ‘Black Rose’. Compact bar area at front, with a longer room to the rear with tiled floor and very red décor. Lighting in this area subdued, but livened up with fairy lights. Mixture of sofas and soft chairs and stools in this area, which is overlooked by a full wall mural of the old Archway Bridge. Television screens in all areas showing sporting events. Attracts all age ranges, and has free internet access. An unusual arrangement is that the premises are shared with an Indian take-away kitchen, [‘Highgate Spice’, tel. 020 8348 4533] which can supply meals to eat in the pub between 18.00 and 24.00, Mondays excepted. A very large Asian menu is available, with the usual limited English options. Sunday roasts are served 12.00 - 17.00. Otherwise, snacks, in the form of cockles, mussels and roll-mops are available at any time. Underground Highgate. Bus: 43, 134, 263.

Formerly Black Rose. DO’N. Taverns

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Last update: 04/01/2009

PRINCE OF WALES

53 Highgate High Street, N6 5JX

020 8340 0445

Mon/Wed/Thu/Sun 12.00 - 23.00 (Tue/Fri/Sat 00.00)

Butcombe Bitter plus three guests

Small traditional pub dating back to the 17th century. A single horseshoe bar serves a surprisingly spacious wood-panelled room with a number of prints of local dignitaries from the past. It has a cosy, welcoming feel. Can get crowded often on Tuesday Quiz nights. The food is Thai, they even do takeaway. There is a small patio, favoured by smokers, out back facing the open space of Pond Square. Guests are from the likes of Batemans, Beartown, Brains, Courage, Fuller’s, Holt, Nethergate, Orkney, Thwaites & Woodforde. Food served: Mon - Fri 12.00 – 15.00 & 18.00 – 22.00, Sat 12.00 – 22.00 Sun 12.00 – 21.00. Underground: Archway or Highgate. Buses: 143 & 210 stop outside, 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby.

S&N lease

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Last update: 17/01/2009

RED LION AND SUN

25 North Road, N6 4BE

020 8340 1780

Mon - Wed 12.00 - 00.00 (Thu - Sat 02.00, Sun 01.00)

Greene King IPA & Abbot, Morland Original plus one house guest beer

Pub built in 1920s Elizabethan style, with seating areas on three sides of the bar. The interior is of the same period, with panelled walls, a cast iron stove and a carved back-bar facing the street. Decoration consists of old prints, drawings and photographs, plus a collection of china dogs and toby jugs. Under new management since May 2007. Pleasantly located building of 1928. Another of the pubs where the ceremony of the ‘Swearing of the Horns’ takes place twice a year. The interior is wood panelled, which has been painted light green. In the winter there is a log fire in one of the fireplaces. Outside seating areas, front and back, dogs allowed, wireless internet access, disabled toilet. Food served: Mon - Sat 12.00 - 22.00, Sun 12.00 - 21.00. Underground: Archway and East Finchley. Buses: 143 pass the door. 210 pass through and 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby.

Greene King

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Last update: 13/01/2009

ROSE AND CROWN

86 Highgate High Street, N6 5HX

020 8340 6712

No real ale

Now heavily food orientated and refurbished with modern white decor. Retains small bar area.

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Last update: 01/01/2009

VICTORIA

28 North Hill, N6 4QA

020 8340 6091

Mon - Sat 11.00 – 23.00, Sun 12.00 – 22.30

Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Young’s Bitter

This pub originated as a grocers and beer shop in 1836. As a new manager arrived in September 2008 who says the beer range will change, then it is a case of watch this space. Food served: Mon - Sat 12.00 -15.00 & 18.00 - 22.00, Sun 12.00 - 15.00 & 18.00 - 21.00. Underground: Highgate and East Finchley. Buses: 143 pass the door. 210 pass through and 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby.

Enterprise

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Last update: 11/01/2009

WINCHESTER

206 Archway Road, N6 5BA

020 8374 1690

Mon - Sat 13.00 - 1.00, Sun 12.00 - 22.30

Fuller's London Pride

The most striking feature of this pub is the very large glazed office occupying much of the area behind the bar. The main room is split by the vestigial remnant of a former wooden division. A smaller room at the rear, featuring a piano, leads via a door to the attractive, shrub-lined, heated outdoor drinking area in the former stable yard. Listed on CAMRA’s London Regional Inventory of historic pub interiors. Very much a community pub, sponsoring three local league football teams and a darts team, and attracting clientele of all age groups. Quiz night on Wednesdays. The knowledgeable tenants are very aware of the pub’s features and history and changes made since their arrival have not damaged any of the surviving features. Food, ranging from steaks and traditional English fayre to Mediterranean style nibbles, is available Monday to Fri from 17.00 - 21.00, and on Sat/Sun from opening until 21.00. Three-star hotel accommodation is also available, all rooms being en-suite. Underground Highgate. Buses: 43, 134, 263, N20.

website: www.winchester-hotel.com

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Last update: 13/01/2009

WOODMAN

414 Archway Road, N6 5UA

020 8340 3016

Mon - Sat 12.00 - 00.00 (Sun 22.30)

Greene King IPA, Abbot, Old Speckled Hen; Wells Bombardier

Upmarket food oriented pub in modern style, with very small ‘snug’ area at one end retaining old style feeling. The large outside drinking area on Highgate Woods side is very popular in summer, and features waiter service. Can become very busy in the evenings. The interior walls are decorated with rather impressionistic modern art. There is a movie night each Sunday at 20.00. A function room is available at the rear of the pub. Food is served Mon - Fri 12.00 - 14.30, &18.00 - 22.00; Sat 12.00 - 22.00, Sun 12.00 - 20.00. The pub opens for brunch at 10.30 which is available until 12.30. Starters range from fish soup to chorizo or cheese and bread to salads and bowls of olives. Mains cover steaks, seafood and fish courses, stews, burgers and risotto, not forgetting the honest sausage and mash. Underground Highgate. Buses: 43, 134, 263, N20.

website: www.thewoodman.co.uk

Privately owned

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Last update: 01/01/2009

WRESTLERS

98 North Road, N6 4AA

020 8340 4297

Mon - Fri 16.30 - 00.00, Sat 12.00 - 1.00 (Sun 00.00)

Fuller’s London Pride, plus three guests.

One of the long established pubs found in this area, first built 1547 last rebuilt in 1921, the L-shaped bar has lots of wood panelling throughout. Another of the pubs where the ancient ceremony of 'swearing on the horns' which dates back to 1623 takes place twice yearly in March and August, details of the ceremony are shown above the fire place. Food served: Tue - Thu 17.00 - 23.00, Fri 12.00 - 21.30, Sat 13.00 - 21.00, Sun 12.00 –-17.00. Underground: Highgate and East Finchley. Buses: 143 pass the door. 210 pass through and 214 & 271 terminate in Highgate Village nearby. Last guests seen were Young’s Waggledance, Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted and Mordue’s Workie Ticket.

Punch

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Last update: 20/06/2009

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