North Nineteen, Archway

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location:

Archway

address:

194-196 Sussex Way, N19 4HZ

phone:

0871 258 7803*
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nearest stations:

Upper Holloway railway station
(550m) - zone 2

Crouch Hill railway station
(830m)

Archway London Underground station
(930m) - zones 2/3

Finsbury Park railway station London Underground station
(1.1Km) - zone 2

Arsenal London Underground station
(1.2Km) - zone 2

bus routes:

17, 43, 271

how to find it:

The pub is betwixt and between Archway, Holloway Road and Finsbury Park tubes. Archway is the nearest, from which you exit onto Holloway Road and walk down for a few minutes. The 8th turning on the left is Kingsdown Road and the pub is at the end of the street. Upper Holloway train station is also near.

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opening times:

Mon 17:00-23:00
Tues-Thu 12:00-00:00
Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00
Sun 12:00-00:00*
* opening times can change, please check with the pub before organising important events.

Street View - click to see the area around the North Nineteen

North Nineteen is a charming, refurbished pub on the back streets off the Holloway Road. The post-war building is attractive enough and the decor considerate to the building: 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 do their best to make this a welcoming 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 were two choices from East London brewer Brodies on our last visit. There is also an excellent selection of whiskeys to enjoy, which you can sup in the recently improved second bar, away from the football which can sometimes dominate proceedings in the main bar. Due to it's location we wonder if this place really receives the wider audience it deserves, but the residents of N19 have an excellent community local on their hands.

reviewed:
06/12/2009

Eating at TheNorth Nineteen ... we last ate here on 30/08/2009

Having eaten Sunday Lunch (just under £10) here more than once we can confirm that is is consistently excellent. The flavour of the lamb was spot on and the gravy absolutely superb. Previously we have tried the homemade Smoked Mackerel Pate starter which was very tasty, but was more like mashed-up Mackerel and had too many tiny bones. On the dessert front we have also tried the Eton Mess (£4.50) which was perfectly nice, but had a little too much cream and not quite enough of everything else. The Apple Pie is however spot on.

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