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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josh Barrie

On the Sauce at the Barley Mow: the classic boozer is a perfect introduction to London pub culture

My youngest sister, newly 18, likes Lana Del Rey and mojitos and is about to move to Bristol to train as a nurse, though not before she flies off to southern Spain for some sort of all-inclusive holiday. Dear lord. But where to take her in London? A sunny rooftop for cocktails? Scarfes Bar at the Rosewood hotel to educate her as to the importance of a properly made Hemingway daiquiri (the best in town is at Scarfes)?

Don’t be silly. The answer is a classic boozer; somewhere referred to by ironic types as “an old man pub” with a darts board and a diligent selection of refreshing ales.

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