London Stone, Cannon Street  

More tomfoolery from the Eerie pub chain. Gargoyles, cocktails in test tubes and other assorted horror ephemera, add up to a pub not far off a novelty bar at a holiday camp. You can imagine these sorts of pubs winning over wet-eared freshers in a University town, but this one manages to do a fair trade in the City of London. Perhaps more bizarrely, it's actually named for the London Stone, which is set into the front of the Sportec sports shop just two doors away. This fragment of stone (hidden behind an ornate grill but visible from the street) is thought to go back to at least Roman times, perhaps farther, as a marker or possibly part of an ancient stone circle. Legend has it that if it ever leaves London, the city will fall. That still doesn't explain how this pub got here and, while it hypes up the horror, it's the sort of place no self-respecting Goth would be seen dead in. If fancy dress pubs are your thing, by all means check it out. Though in content, clientele and attitude it matches perfectly its location - the basement of an All Bar One. If not, go see the real thing two doors down.

reviewed:
09/05/2006

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