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Bunch of Grapes, 207 Brompton Rd, T 020-7589 4944. Mon-Sat 1100-2300, Sun 1200-2200. Famous old pub thats retained its Victorian cosiness and also does reasonable food. Oratory, 232 Brompton Rd, T 020-7584 3493. Daily 1200-2300. An unpretentious old-school wine bar and brasserie in an old building in the bowels of the Brompton Oratory. Paxtons Head, 153 Knightsbridge, T 020-7589 6627. Mon-Sat 1100-2300, Sun 1200-2230. Edwardian splendour with a very capable restaurant attached. Champion, 12-13 Wells St, T 020-7323 1228. Mon-Sat 1100-2300, Sun 1200-2200. Beautifully decorated pub, its tiled and stained glass interior an antique homage to winning sportsmen. Duke of York, 47 Rathbone St, T 020-7636 7065. Mon-Fri 1100- 2300. A cosy Greene King pub serving good beer and worth seeking out on the corner of the chi-chi shopping mews of Charlotte Pl. Plough, 27 Museum St, T 020-7636 7964. Mon-Sat 1100-2300, Sun1200-2230. This is a larger, and often less packed, pub than the famous Museum Tavern at the end of the street. It too has a refurbished Victorian interior and serves up reasonable food. The Social, 5 Little Portland St, T 020-7636 4992. Mon-Fri 1200- 2300, Sat 1300-2300. An industrialized music bar with hardcore sounds and demon cocktails in the basement. A popular pre-club warm-up venue and a trailblazer on the music bar scene. Euston, St Pancras and Kings Cross Cittie of York, 22 High Holborn, T 020-7242 7670. Mon-Fri 1130- 2300, Sat 1200-2300. Extra long bar, cubbyholes for lawyers and crude wallpaintings of famous tipplers.
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