The London Traveler

London’s a great place to drink but it has fewer breweries than it used to. If you’re into real ale, that can mean you get bored drinking Young’s and Fullers, the most commonly available beers.
However, the Market Porter  in Borough Market will help stave off beer boredom. It has an adventurous menu of real ales with ten usually on the pump. I’ve seen Dark Star, O’Hanlon’s,  Phoenix, Titanic, Everards and Kelham Island – some pretty good names (and excellent beers) in that list.  You can even see what beer’s on from the website!
Borough Market, of course, is a wonderful …read more

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Leadenhall Market, the finest complete Victorian market building in London, is worth a visit anyway. It’s a superb space, though not what it was. I remember when it had a faded little supermarket in the middle – a shop that seemed to have come through from the 1950s without ever changing – with a confectionery section where you could get yoghurt cashews and chocolate brazils. And there used to be many more fishmongers and gamedealers; pheasants and grouse hanging up, or rabbits, and the stink of fish. Nowadays, the boutiques have moved in, and the chain stores, and the …read more

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