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WhatPub? update 13
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Inventory pub has now reintroduced cask beer, Greene King
London Glory and a guest. Keg beers also from the Greene
King list.
NW10, ACE CAFE, Ace Corner, North Circular Rd. Longstanding
bikers’ café now selling keg beers. No cask beer.
NW10, SHAWL, 25 Harlesden High St. Cask beer
introduced, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
KENTON (HA3), MASTERS (independent), 217 Kenton Rd.
Was BISHOP CASEYS, BAR 2 ONE 7. Having closed in 2009,
reopened in August as FIZZ SPORTS BAR. No cask beer.
SOUTH EAST
SE1, BFI MAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, Waterloo Rd.
Previously unreported bar in cinema complex, open to the
public. No cask beer.
SE1, CAMINO, 5 Canvey St. Opened in 2015, one of a small
tapas bar chain. No cask beer. Spanish keg beer and cider.
SE1, GREEN ROOM, 101 Upper Ground. Opened at the
end of 2014 as a collaboration between the National
Theatre and Coin Street Community Builders. No cask beer.
Keg Meantime and local bottled beers.
SE1, TANNER & CO (Camm & Hooper), 50 Bermondsey St.
Opened in 2013, the first outlet for a small chain. No cask
beer.
SE6, ACES BAR (independent), 88 Verdant La. Converted
shop, opened in 2013 as a bar and restaurant. One changing
cask beer introduced in 2015.
SE7, ANCHOR & HOPE (Greene King leased), 2 Riverside
Walk. Cask beer restored in 2011 but not previously
reported, e.g. Fuller’s London Pride, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
SE8, BLACK HORSE (Enterprise), 195 Evelyn St. No longer
tied to Enterprise for beer. Up to four cask beers, e.g.
Signature Brew IPA & Pale.
SE8, BUSTER MANTIS (independent), 3-4 Resolution Way.
Arty Jamaican bar opened late 2015, named after first
Jamaican prime minister Sir Alexander Bustamante. No cask
beer. Three local keg beers, plus bottled beers.
SE10, SAIL LOFT (Fuller), 11 Victoria Parade. Large new
riverside pub, opened in January. Fuller’s cask beers.
SE14, OUT OF THE BREW, 306 New Cross Rd. New cafe
and bar, with rear garden. No cask beer. Keg beer from
Fourpure.
SE15, BAR STORY, 213 Blenheim Grove. Opened in 2003.
No cask beer, but now has two Meantime keg beers and a
range of bottles.
SE15, GREYHOUND, 109 Peckham High St. Cask beer
restored in 2015, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
SE15, JOHN THE UNICORN (Antic), 157-159 Rye La.
Converted furniture shop, opened in February. Cask beer
from Volden and three changing guests.
SE15, RED COW (ex-Phoenix Inns), 190 Peckham High St.
Having closed a few years ago, early 2010s reopening was
not reported, closed again in 2014, now reopened in January
and renamed COPPER TAP. Four cask beers and a real cider.
SE18, GUARD HOUSE (Young), 1 The Street. Converted
Grade 2 Listed guardhouse in the Royal Arsenal Riverside
development, opened in February as a Geronimo pub. Cosy
bar and a glass-walled restaurant extension to the side.
Wells Young’s Bitter and two guests.
SE23, CHANDOS (Enterprise), 56 Brockley Rise. Cask beer
restored, St Austell Tribute.
SE26, PAVILION (Star), 325 Kirkdale. Was RAILWAY. Cask
beer restored, Wells Courage Best or Directors.
SE26, PRINCE ALFRED (Punch), 178 Sydenham Rd. Sold in
2015. Operated by Town Centre Inns. Name shortened to
ALFRED. Cask beer restored, e.g. Jennings, Marston’s,
Mighty Oak, Wychwood.
SE27, WHITE HART TAVERN (Star), 367 Norwood Rd. Cask
beer restored, e.g. Caledonian, St Austell Tribute.
DOWNHAM (BR1), BONNIES, 28-30 Bromley Hill.
Previously unreported bar. No cask beer.
ORPINGTON (BR6), PATO LOUNGE (Loungers), 202-206 High
St. Previously unreported bar, the only London outlet for a
national chain. No cask beer. Keg beers include Bath Dark Side.
WELLING (DA16), NEW CROSS TURNPIKE (Wetherspoon),
55 Bellegrove Rd. Having closed after a fire in
August, reopened in February. Greene King Abbot and
Ruddles Best, plus six guests.
SOUTH WEST
SW2, BLUES KITCHEN (Columbo Group), 40 Acre La.
Opened in October in former Electric Social nightclub, the
third of a chain with live music, bourbons and US barbecue
food. No cask beer. Limited keg beers include one from
Fourpure.
RICHMOND (TW9), LOT (M&B), 1 Duke St. Was FLICKER
& FIRKIN. Sold in August 2015 to Darwin & Wallace, who
also run No 11 Pimlico Road, SW1 and No 32 The Old Town,
SW4. Renamed in November NO. 1 DUKE STREET. Cask
beer restored, Redemption Pale Ale.
WEST
W9, PRINCE ALFRED (Young), 5a Formosa St. Having
closed last spring, the ceiling collapsed during repairs, this
National Inventory pub reopened in February. The usual cask
beers from the Wells Young’s range.
BEDFONT (TW14), LOAD OF HAY (Enterprise), 330 Staines
Rd. Having closed in 2013 with freehold on the market,
reopened later that year but not previously reported. Still
no cask beer.
HOUNSLOW (TW3), WINDSOR CASTLE (ex-Greene King),
152 Bath Rd. Reopened in 2015 under new management.
One planning application for demolition and residential
development was refused, but another has been submitted,
this time retaining a pub. Still no cask beer.
HOUNSLOW (TW3), WISHING WELL (Enterprise), 66
Staines Rd. Was FRIEND IN HAND. Renamed in 2013
TOMMY FLYNN’S and now introduced cask beer, Sharp’s
Doom Bar.
UXBRIDGE (UB8), BEEFEATER (Whitbread), 3 Riverside
Way. Opened in 2015, new pub, restaurant and Premier Inn
close to the River Colne. Fuller’s London Pride and
Wychwood Hobgoblin.
PUBS CLOSED, CONVERTED, DEMOLISHED OR
CEASED SELLING CASK BEER
CENTRAL
EC1, MEDCALF. Closed c.2014, now a restaurant.
EC1, SEKFORDE ARMS (ex-Young). Having been sold in
2014 to the freeholder, closed in July while upstairs is
converted to flats, with some talk of retaining a pub in the
ground floor.
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