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NWR: London area
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Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Are you actually asking whether there are any tourist destinations in the greater London area?
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
I think it's a fair question. The Freud Museum is the only thing that comes to mind.
poorly worded....looking for "favorites" and "hidden pearls" from a learned and traveled community....not looking for a download of Frommer or Fodors....I have been there only once, for 3 days a couple of years ago...Did the typical tourist-y things....loved Brick Lane food...originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I think it's a fair question. The Freud Museum is the only thing that comes to mind.
this time, I will be by myself looking for interesting food and experiences for about 5 days...
Love travel photography, wine (duh!) and off the beaten path destinations
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
It is hard to say what is hidden from whom but here are two that it took me a long time to hear about:
- The Soane Museum is a breathtaking jumble of the precious and near-precious.
- The War Cabinet Rooms is the warren of offices from which Churchill directed Britain's war effort. It was left untouched at the end of the war and is fascinating to see now.
- The Soane Museum is a breathtaking jumble of the precious and near-precious.
- The War Cabinet Rooms is the warren of offices from which Churchill directed Britain's war effort. It was left untouched at the end of the war and is fascinating to see now.
Zachary Ross
Zachary Ross
+1 on Soane Museum
Filippo Mattia Ginanni
Filippo Mattia Ginanni
Kensington Gardens (new Zara Hadid Pavillon)
Hampstead Heath
Richmond Park
Greenwich Park
sager + wilde
Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
Green Man + French Horn
40 Matlby St
Brawn
I am also told
10 Cases
Quality Chop House
Hampstead Heath
Richmond Park
Greenwich Park
sager + wilde
Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
Green Man + French Horn
40 Matlby St
Brawn
I am also told
10 Cases
Quality Chop House
Cole Kendall
Cole Kendall
Add me for both Soane and the War rooms. And the V and A in all its wackiness.
Andrew Zachary
Andrew Zachary
originally posted by Cole Kendall:
Add me for both Soane and the War rooms. And the V and A in all its wackiness.
The Raphael Cartoons are exquisite; I like the examples of a scholar's room in Korea, Japan & China; and for the ultimate in wackiness, the 3rd floor with its examples of every Wedgewood piece ever made, including pure dreck/kitsch from the 60's and 70's.
Nick Bumstead
Nick Bumstead
I love the St. John restaurants (of course).
Sweetings is an old, old school emphatically seafood focused restaurant - perfect for lunch for the food and the experience.
Shoreditch / Hackney is happening right now (where 259 Hackney used to be). - Rochelle Canteen is an brilliant place for lunch - especially if the weather is nice (ha) - book ahead. Upstairs at Ten Bells is above a bustling pub, serving elegant, interesting food and a very solid wine list (I drank the Frantz Saumon Mineral + there). Clove Club is great too - only serving a prix fixe menu in the back, but a la carte in the bar area.
Another wine shop worth a visit if you head up to Broadway market is Noble Fine Liquor - hit the market on Saturday, eat food around the market, pop into F Cooke for an old school pie and mash experience, buy some wine from Noble Fine Liquor, walk along the canals.
Walking along Columbia Road on Saturdays when the flower market is on is worth it too - beautiful old street with small houses and tiny shops only open one day a week (how does that work?).
Borough Market - Thursdays are good - get the chorizo sandwich from Brindisa + Monmouth coffee, Neal's Yard Dairy.
Tate Modern Museum + walk along the Thames and grab a drink sitting outside at the top of the Oxo Tower (expensive, but great view).
Cocktails? That's a whole other list.
Sweetings is an old, old school emphatically seafood focused restaurant - perfect for lunch for the food and the experience.
Shoreditch / Hackney is happening right now (where 259 Hackney used to be). - Rochelle Canteen is an brilliant place for lunch - especially if the weather is nice (ha) - book ahead. Upstairs at Ten Bells is above a bustling pub, serving elegant, interesting food and a very solid wine list (I drank the Frantz Saumon Mineral + there). Clove Club is great too - only serving a prix fixe menu in the back, but a la carte in the bar area.
Another wine shop worth a visit if you head up to Broadway market is Noble Fine Liquor - hit the market on Saturday, eat food around the market, pop into F Cooke for an old school pie and mash experience, buy some wine from Noble Fine Liquor, walk along the canals.
Walking along Columbia Road on Saturdays when the flower market is on is worth it too - beautiful old street with small houses and tiny shops only open one day a week (how does that work?).
Borough Market - Thursdays are good - get the chorizo sandwich from Brindisa + Monmouth coffee, Neal's Yard Dairy.
Tate Modern Museum + walk along the Thames and grab a drink sitting outside at the top of the Oxo Tower (expensive, but great view).
Cocktails? That's a whole other list.
Maybe predictable but the counter at Terroirs is still my favourite place for easy but interesting solo wine dining in Central London. Then you can go and photograph Covent Garden and Soho in the evening...
Polpo or Vinoteca once you're in Soho...
Vagabond Wines on Charlotte Street a bit further north...
If you're looking for a more pastoral photographic experience, a 40 min train ride takes you out to nice countryside (any direction really but I live/work north in the Chilterns area, which is pretty (why not come visit etc)
Back in London, Greenwich is a nice day out; nice park, drinking pints in pubs along the river path and Theatre of Wine is a good wine shop there.
Polpo or Vinoteca once you're in Soho...
Vagabond Wines on Charlotte Street a bit further north...
If you're looking for a more pastoral photographic experience, a 40 min train ride takes you out to nice countryside (any direction really but I live/work north in the Chilterns area, which is pretty (why not come visit etc)
Back in London, Greenwich is a nice day out; nice park, drinking pints in pubs along the river path and Theatre of Wine is a good wine shop there.
Nick Bumstead
Nick Bumstead
Cocktail List:
Hotel Bars - classic + pricey:
- Artesian Bar at the Langham Hotel
- The Connaught Bar
- The American Bar - visit bartender Erik Lorincz
Cocktail Bars:
- 69 Colebrooke Row (Islington) - from bartender Tony Conigliaro - fantastic cocktails, small room (book ahead for a table) - no standing room.
- Callooh Callay (Shoreditch) - three bars in one - the "speakeasy" portion is behind a cabinet.
- Happiness Forgets (Shoreditch) - subterranean cocktail bar in Hoxton - bit of an industry hangout.
- Lounge Bohemia (Shoredtich)- Barman Paul Tvaroh has a off-beat sense of humor - "molecular" cocktails inventive, very fun cocktails - no suits allows - subterranean, modern - book ahead.
- White Lyan bar (Hoxton) - this one is a bit different - they only serve "house drinks" which means they pre-make to precise measurements and dilution ahead of time and serve in chilled glassware.
- Oxo Tower - for the view of London and the Thames.
- Rules Cocktail Bar - the bar at the oldest restaurant in London - old school and hasn't changed in decades.
- Town Hall Bar - grab a drink before eating at Viajante or the Corner Room (chef Nuno Mendes)
- The bar room at Clove Club - in the old Shoreditch Town Hall.
- Mizuwari (Soho) - Japanese whisky bar under Bincho restaurant (Japanese izakaya)
- Montgomery Place (Notting Hill) - neighborhood Notting Hill crowd for cocktails and a small bar menu.
- Beagle (Shoreditch) - British food and great cocktails.
Pubs - classics:
- The Dove in Hammersmith
- The Grenadier in Belgravia
- The Cat & The Mutton in London Fields
- Norman's Coach & Horses in Soho
- the Golden Heart in Spitalfields
Sherry:
- Bar Pepito ((King's Cross) - tapas + sherry
- Fino (Fitzrovia) - Spanish restaurant with a cozy small bar area
- Trangallan (Stoke Newington) - sherry + rustic spanish food
Whisky Shopping:
- The Whisky Exchange (London Bridge) - amazing selection of old and current day whiskies.
- Hedonism Wines (Mayfair) - hate the name, but has a broad selection of wine and spirits.
Hotel Bars - classic + pricey:
- Artesian Bar at the Langham Hotel
- The Connaught Bar
- The American Bar - visit bartender Erik Lorincz
Cocktail Bars:
- 69 Colebrooke Row (Islington) - from bartender Tony Conigliaro - fantastic cocktails, small room (book ahead for a table) - no standing room.
- Callooh Callay (Shoreditch) - three bars in one - the "speakeasy" portion is behind a cabinet.
- Happiness Forgets (Shoreditch) - subterranean cocktail bar in Hoxton - bit of an industry hangout.
- Lounge Bohemia (Shoredtich)- Barman Paul Tvaroh has a off-beat sense of humor - "molecular" cocktails inventive, very fun cocktails - no suits allows - subterranean, modern - book ahead.
- White Lyan bar (Hoxton) - this one is a bit different - they only serve "house drinks" which means they pre-make to precise measurements and dilution ahead of time and serve in chilled glassware.
- Oxo Tower - for the view of London and the Thames.
- Rules Cocktail Bar - the bar at the oldest restaurant in London - old school and hasn't changed in decades.
- Town Hall Bar - grab a drink before eating at Viajante or the Corner Room (chef Nuno Mendes)
- The bar room at Clove Club - in the old Shoreditch Town Hall.
- Mizuwari (Soho) - Japanese whisky bar under Bincho restaurant (Japanese izakaya)
- Montgomery Place (Notting Hill) - neighborhood Notting Hill crowd for cocktails and a small bar menu.
- Beagle (Shoreditch) - British food and great cocktails.
Pubs - classics:
- The Dove in Hammersmith
- The Grenadier in Belgravia
- The Cat & The Mutton in London Fields
- Norman's Coach & Horses in Soho
- the Golden Heart in Spitalfields
Sherry:
- Bar Pepito ((King's Cross) - tapas + sherry
- Fino (Fitzrovia) - Spanish restaurant with a cozy small bar area
- Trangallan (Stoke Newington) - sherry + rustic spanish food
Whisky Shopping:
- The Whisky Exchange (London Bridge) - amazing selection of old and current day whiskies.
- Hedonism Wines (Mayfair) - hate the name, but has a broad selection of wine and spirits.
originally posted by BJ:
The Winchester and Salisbury cathedrals are two of the best, and quite different from one another. Very very complete and unified architecturally. And if you're into English hifi, you could visit Naim whilst in Salisbury...
Of course this is a long day trip...
And after flying in the Winschester cathedral, he could climb up the Salisbury hill to see the city lights. But those two cathedrals are well worth the trip to see, if one is into that sort of thing.
Mark Lipton
Don't the priests get to do that ?originally posted by BJ:
Catching the boys choir at Winchester moves it into the ethereal category.
originally posted by drssouth:
Don't the priests get to do that ?originally posted by BJ:
Catching the boys choir at Winchester moves it into the ethereal category.
Sorry. Read that as choir boys not boy's choir. Quite a different matter
Karin Campbell
Karin Campbell
Kew Gardens!
Amazing botanical gardens, grounds and many greenhouses.
Amazing botanical gardens, grounds and many greenhouses.