Thursday 12 March 2009

Lord Aberconway, Liverpool St Station

So, the plan was for me to spend last night in a corporate box at the O2 Arena, dancing around to Tina Turner while River Deep and Mountain high in wine and canapes. Sadly Tina took ill with the flu, which given her tender years is probably acceptable.
How I made that leap from corporate entertainment heaven to the Lord Aberconway Pub next to Liverpool Street station is a mystery that I'm still coming to terms with. Nevertheless the pub is not without some merits which I thought I should pass on.

Given the dearth of decent drinking or eating establishments within a short distance of the station, the Lord Aberconway stacks up okay. Drinks are cheap but decent - good house wines, and ales and bitters for the beer bores. One of which is the Rock Star who sadly declared himself unavailable last night due to 'other commitments'. Whatever. The wine did flow and the crowd of mostly men, were like naughty school kids as they indulged in a pre-commute tipple, and worked on their excuses as they why they were late home and / or smelling of alcohol.

The Lord Aberconway is definitely not Tina Turner at the O2. And if it is, it's more eighties stadium rock cliche pub then sixties 'Hoxton cool' soul. But for what it is, it's a lovely little pub, and a worthwhile detour if you have time to kill before your commute.

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