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David McLean

The lone Edinburgh pub on Princes Street that locals remember fondly

While it's the city's main thoroughfare, Princes Street has never been a great place to stage a pub crawl.

Sure, there have been plenty hotel bars and private clubs to choose from down the years, but traditional boozers have long been prohibited from occupying the famous shopping stretch.

Back in the 1970s, however, there was one establishment that managed to sneak in undetected: the Mons Meg Tavern at 120 Princes Street.

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