Now that the end is nigh for the Bull & Gate, Kentish Town’s most famous small live music venue, isn’t the door wide open for this peeling, rather forlorn old boozer? Readers will remember its moment in the sun came and went as The Flowerpot (2009-10), with its crystal-ball championing of global artists like Mumford …
And now for news just in. It’s just been announced that the Bull & Gate, our much loved K-Town bastion of indie rock, will cease operating as a live venue on May 4th. The entire building has been sold to the Young’s chain and will be closed for refurbishment, to reopen as a “pub restaurant” …
This week we thought we’d zero in on the rude health of local music scene. So we’ve plucked out some choice highlights, which sit alongside a couple of intriguing foodie developments in the hood this week too. Arise, The Abbey! 1. Indie-pendence at the Bull & Gate. K-Town’s busiest promoters, Club Fandango, are lining up …
Community Pinboard: Local Music Special (plus lots of food & booze, of course) Read More »
Kentish Town has been respecting its merchant past in recent months with the happy discovery and restoration of original hand-painted shop front signage. Concealed for decades under the achingly dull Brassino Café sign was the legend, ‘E.Mono’, now a sign of the best ‘babs in all London Town. And earlier this week we highlighted another …
1. Roundhouse 2. Bull & Gate 3= Koko 3= Barfly And so to our final (belated) 2011 awards category. Despite the Xmas rush, it’s fair to say votes came pouring in. And the more we – and some of you – thought about it, the harder, and perhaps more futile, it actually seemed to plump …
Roundhouse or Wheelbarrow? The Forum or Heroes? Proud Galleries or Blues Kitchen? Black Heart or Koko? Bull & Gate or Lock Tavern? Downstairs at The Torriano or upstairs at The Oxford? What about Barfly? God knows why this category slipped through the net. We blame the dog; or maybe the mulled cider. Still, our corner …
1. The Southampton Arms 2. The Pineapple 3= The Oxford 3= Tapping The Admiral This area of London has a particularly rich heritage of public houses. A stagger deep into the neighbourhood produces a boozer on virtually every street… or more often than not, a former pub. But while there’s no denying the decline of …
A year ago, we wrote the following, now rather prescient, entry on the Bull & Gate: “This classic boozer has had a bit of a makeover. For now, it seems the old whore’s lipstick is just about in place. But for how much longer?” And so we were sorry – if not surprised – to …
Fancy buying the Bull & Gate? Here’s some advice. Read More »
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpXaJkRdUdQ] Nice little video, eh? Tune ain’t bad either, we think you’ll agree. And, yes, hands up, hands up, we confess this is a cheeky little plug for our sister company’s new management signing Francis Neve, but – always with your best interests at heart – we hoped you might swing by the Bull & …
Oooh la la, this classic boozer has had a bit of a makeover. For now, it seems the old whore’s lipstick is just about in place. But for how much longer? So before she crumbles again, gawp at her glistening paint, restored Victorian bar, chandeliers and fireplaces, and wonder why she smells just slightly sterile. …
