This is a Samuel Smith’s pub I think, so I suspect it will just sit there empty for years and rot now rather than go up for sale etc.
No doubt one of Humphrey Smith’s snap decisions with no reason or rhyme.
It was getting a bit run down but it was still a nice place to stop in for a pint. Maybe this is wishful thinking but it would be great if it was redeveloped into a non Sam Smiths pub.
Is that Dobby the pub elf living in the basement?
It was very difficult to get to, across a busy road, but it was wonderfully quiet. The last pub in the area where it was still possible to have a conversation without needing to shout. What a shame. I imagine this will now eventually become a multi-storey tower of unaffordable luxury flats. The site is worth a fortune, given its location.
In fact knowing as I do how Camden Council works, the deal has probably already been done, the brown envelopes have been received, and it will all happen no matter what anyone says. But of course there will be the usual farcical “consultation process”.
I loved this pub, somehow it still smelled the way pubs used to smell before the smoking ban.
It’s a shame, but I’ve only been a handful of times and it’s always been quiet so I’m not surprised. Also the passive aggressive notes telling you to not swear or use your phone AT ALL were a bit off putting, but I assume all Sam Smith’s pubs are like that?
Does no one check articles at the metro, must be about 5 typos in that tiny little article 😂
Went here just a couple weeks before they announced the closure, and I am not surprised. Place felt straight out of a David Lynch production. Such a shame, as this site has loads of potential and is located in a bit of a pub desert.
I’m shocked it’s not a listed building, and there would even be an option to tear it down to develop flats.
Use it or lose it
What a shame! Many pints and ‘production meetings’ had in there whilst studying at Royal Central over the road
Went there a couple of months ago on a Saturday night, it was completely empty and the bar staff looked a bit annoyed and put out any customers had dared come through their doors. Place had clearly been run into the ground.
Another London pub gone. Feels like every week we lose another piece of history to soulless redevelopment. Soon, the only ‘pubs’ left will be overpriced chain bars serving £8 pints of craft beer no one asked for.
RIP to another spot where real conversations happened over a proper pint.
Terrible location, basically, even motorway service stations have better views
What we desperately need are more luxury flats and some American sweet shops.
I used to like that pub, haven’t been in it for a while but it was nice to know that it was there.
I can’t believe that a pub closed due to a lack of gas. Nitrogen/SuperMix rarely runs out and CO2 is a dime a dozen.
It was nice to go to before/after Odeon next door
This is local to me but in 5 years here I only went once or twice… the overly aggressive “no phones” policy plus not being able to bring my cat was a deal breaker for me. Shame to see such a historic pub close.
This seems like a tough area for pubs though… the local I used to go to pre-COVID essentially turned into a restaurant where you have to wait to be seated and it’s rather boring and stuffy now, and the place I normally go to now works really hard with events and live music and stuff to bring up the Camden Town crowd while still appealing to regulars.
Just shows that you can’t actually sell shit beer for full price.
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This is a Samuel Smith’s pub I think, so I suspect it will just sit there empty for years and rot now rather than go up for sale etc.
No doubt one of Humphrey Smith’s snap decisions with no reason or rhyme.
It was getting a bit run down but it was still a nice place to stop in for a pint. Maybe this is wishful thinking but it would be great if it was redeveloped into a non Sam Smiths pub.
Is that Dobby the pub elf living in the basement?
It was very difficult to get to, across a busy road, but it was wonderfully quiet. The last pub in the area where it was still possible to have a conversation without needing to shout. What a shame. I imagine this will now eventually become a multi-storey tower of unaffordable luxury flats. The site is worth a fortune, given its location.
In fact knowing as I do how Camden Council works, the deal has probably already been done, the brown envelopes have been received, and it will all happen no matter what anyone says. But of course there will be the usual farcical “consultation process”.
I loved this pub, somehow it still smelled the way pubs used to smell before the smoking ban.
It’s a shame, but I’ve only been a handful of times and it’s always been quiet so I’m not surprised. Also the passive aggressive notes telling you to not swear or use your phone AT ALL were a bit off putting, but I assume all Sam Smith’s pubs are like that?
Does no one check articles at the metro, must be about 5 typos in that tiny little article 😂
Went here just a couple weeks before they announced the closure, and I am not surprised. Place felt straight out of a David Lynch production. Such a shame, as this site has loads of potential and is located in a bit of a pub desert.
I’m shocked it’s not a listed building, and there would even be an option to tear it down to develop flats.
Use it or lose it
What a shame! Many pints and ‘production meetings’ had in there whilst studying at Royal Central over the road
Went there a couple of months ago on a Saturday night, it was completely empty and the bar staff looked a bit annoyed and put out any customers had dared come through their doors. Place had clearly been run into the ground.
Another London pub gone. Feels like every week we lose another piece of history to soulless redevelopment. Soon, the only ‘pubs’ left will be overpriced chain bars serving £8 pints of craft beer no one asked for.
RIP to another spot where real conversations happened over a proper pint.
Terrible location, basically, even motorway service stations have better views
What we desperately need are more luxury flats and some American sweet shops.
I used to like that pub, haven’t been in it for a while but it was nice to know that it was there.
I can’t believe that a pub closed due to a lack of gas. Nitrogen/SuperMix rarely runs out and CO2 is a dime a dozen.
It was nice to go to before/after Odeon next door
This is local to me but in 5 years here I only went once or twice… the overly aggressive “no phones” policy plus not being able to bring my cat was a deal breaker for me. Shame to see such a historic pub close.
This seems like a tough area for pubs though… the local I used to go to pre-COVID essentially turned into a restaurant where you have to wait to be seated and it’s rather boring and stuffy now, and the place I normally go to now works really hard with events and live music and stuff to bring up the Camden Town crowd while still appealing to regulars.
Just shows that you can’t actually sell shit beer for full price.
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