Commercial Tavern, Shoreditch

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location:

Shoreditch

address:

142 Commercial Street, E1 6NU

phone:

0871 984 1290*
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nearest stations:

Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) London Overground station
(150m) - zone 2

Liverpool Street London Underground station Railway station
(640m) - zone 1

Aldgate East London Underground station
(760m) - zone 1

Aldgate London Underground station
(860m) - zone 1

Old Street London Underground station Railway station
(910m) - zone 1

bus routes:

8, 26, 35, 67, 42, 47, 48, 78, 149, 242, 344, 388

how to find it:

Turn left from Aldgate tube, and left up Commercial Street. The pub is ten minutes' walk up on the right, past Spitalfields Market and the church. From Liverpool Street, turn left from Bishopsgate exit and walk up to the large junction with Commercial Street. Turn right onto Commercial Street and the pub is 100 yards on the left .

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nearby attraction(s):

Spitalfields Market (250m)

Brick Lane (370m)

Petticoat Lane Market (610m)

picture of Commercial Tavern Well guv', the old Commercial's been knocked on the 'ead and been replaced with a much artier affair. The exterior is much as it was, the most obvious clue to it's changed identity being the tinselled parasols outside, but much of the Victorian interior has been painted baby blue. Motifs cut out of magazines have been pasted onto the furniture, chairs adorned with poetry and walls panelled various ephemera, including a panel of Interview covers and scraps of wallpaper. Look up and you'll see a scattering of chandeliers and a collection of cuckoo clocks. Even candleholders are (real) cabbages, so bring your own mayo for DIY coleslaw. On the drinks front things look interesting too, with Scrumpy and a couple ales usually offered even if their condition is sometimes variable. After a quiet start, trade is in full swing now and they've opened the upstairs, providing much needed additional capacity. We like the idea of mixing the arty and traditional and in these times when its increasingly hard to distinguish even some independent bars from each other, there are few places with such a unique and innovative approach.