North Nineteen, Archway  

North Nineteen is nice refurbished pub on the back streets off the Holloway Road. The post-war building is attractive enough and the refurbishment considerate: the two separate bars remain, while a back area with heavy flock wallpaper adds character. Stripped floorboards - the stock in trade of any refurb - give a light and airy but not unpleasant feeling. Being sandwiched between a cluster of council estates and Holloway's Victorian flatshareland, there was a genuinely (and surprisingly) mixed crowd. It helps that both the landlord and everyone else behind the bar are consummate hosts and clearly trying their best to make this a comfortable pub. There's a tasty, home-made menu on offer, and on the drinks front they offer up to six ales, usually from smaller brewers. There is also an excellent selection of whiskeys to enjoy, which you can sup in the recently improved second bar. Due to it's location we wonder if this place will receive the wider audience it deserves, but the residents of N19 have a good community local on their hands. A recent rejigging of the furniture in the front bar was a bit of a mistake and at times the sports screen can dominate proceedings, but more often than not we have a very pleasant time here.

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