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location:
address:
44 Commercial Road, E1 1LN
phone:
0871 984 2609*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Aldgate East 
(240m) - zone 1
Aldgate
(460m) - zone 1
Tower Gateway (closed until spring 2009) 
(590m) - zone 1
Whitechapel
(740m) - zone 2
Fenchurch Street
(750m)
how to find it:
Head out of the easternmost exit and head towards Whitechapel. When you get to the traffic lights at the junction with Osborn Street and Whitechurch Lane turn right and walk down to the next set of traffic lights at the junction with Commercial road. You'll see the pub over the road on the corner.
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nearby attraction(s):
Whitechapel Gallery (150m)
Petticoat Lane Market (510m)
Brick Lane (560m)
With the continuing encroachment of the City into Aldgate, it's a welcome surprise to come across a pub that feels like it hasn't changed in years. That's not always a good thing, but when you have friendly staff and an interesting mix of punters cheap booze (wine £6 a bottle) and a pleasing environment to drink in, you won't hear us arguing. The newly added squashy furniture -perhaps a nod to the approaching City bardom- has changed the overall atmosphere of the place very little. There's a colourful history to this pub - we used to know it as "the Boxer" a good few years ago. Commercial Road is home to a few very rough and ready boozers - this isn't one of them. If you like your pubs with a bit of character, give it a try. It deserves a look before developers get their hands on it.
9/5/2006
Sky TV
two pool tables
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