Authenticity that Money Can Buy
I walk past this fake blue plaque every morning on the way to work. It is situated outside "The King of Diamonds", a pub that I have previously described as rubbish. Seeing this bold attempt to claim authenticity makes me want to vomit. I regard this pub as being below the scuzziest of all the JDW venues - "The Sir John Oldcastle". Quite frankly, I would rather buy a can of Stella from an off licence and drink in a red phone box than drink in such a shit pub. The phone booth would probably smell nicer (most have been used as a dunny at some stage) and there are lots of ladies to catch your eye - or chat too if you are so inclined. Much better than the sausage 'fest that is any JDW pub.Blue Plaques are supposed to celebrate great figures of the past and the buildings that they inhabited. They are not to be used in vein by shithouse boozers trying to look authentic.
The jury is still out to as what is London's worst pub. I feel it could be a tie between The King of Diamonds and The London Pub - what do you think?
Labels: Blue Plaque, King of Diamonds, London Pub
posted by Tim at
Saturday, February 28, 2009
3 Comments:
I've walked past The London Pub many a time, usually picking up my pace and crossing myself as I go.
All the publicity it gets from the London beer blogosphere has left me sorely tempted to go in next time. Unless one of you lot want to give us a review...
I have been in there.. .twice
Once back in 2002 when I returned from a 18-35's holiday and once in 2006 when i was meeting a mate who was staying at the hotel above. They had GK IPA on, and it was pretty ordinary. Next time I venture near Russell Sq, I'll take pictures and maybe blog about it...maybe
I have also walked poast the London Pub many a time and not been in, there are just so many better pubs in London that I never have felt the urge to drink there. I quite like the notion of a blue plaque celebrating the existence of a pub since 1981, evidently it must be one of the oldest in London or so it would have you believe.
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