Tipped

Good front patio

May 08, 2008

Met a few friends for drinks last weekend at the Junction. As it was a nice day, we wanted a place we could share a pint outside in the sun. The Junction, right across from Highbury-Islington tube station, has a good sized pavement courtyard that fits in about 8 picnic tables perfectly suited for just this activity. The main problem to point out about this sizable outdoor area is that it is basically between the pub and the high street, which is pretty busy with cars and buses, so it could be more relaxing..
Inside, the Junction is a pretty spacious area, but one that is not often filled to capacity, according to my friend who lives in the neighborhood. Apparently it has relatively recently had a pretty serious makeover and is now all leather loungers, plasma screens and wood-fired oven pizza's. When the weather uncharitably turned on us during our outdoor drinking, we headed inside and managed to find a nice cozy corner tucked away from most of the rest of the pub to finish our pints.
As for those pints, there was a sort of mid-range choice of beer and cider to select from. I went with San Miguel, which is in my category of beer that is a fine selection, but also something of one to fall back upon when there's no better choices (ditto for Staropramen or *shudder* Stella - it must be something about the S's).
All in all, a decent pub and a good one to visit on a sunny afternoon or warm evening.

Tags: Outdoor seating, woodbaked pizza

Great Gormet Style Burgers

July 06, 2007

For between £6 & £7 you can choose from a selection of about 15 gormet style burgers. Each burger is accompanied by a bowl of delicious thinly sliced french fries. Food are well presented.

* the bar-ladies are also very pleasing on the eye

Tags: Burgers