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location:
address:
159 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL
phone:
0871 984 3533*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Farringdon 
(560m) - zone 1
Chancery Lane
(670m) - zone 1
Angel
(930m) - zone 1
Barbican
(950m) - zone 1
King's Cross Thameslink
(980m)
how to find it:
From Farringdon tube, turn right and then right at Farringdon Road. Go up Farringdon Road until just before the lights, the Eagle is on your left.
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nearby attraction(s):
Sadler's Wells Theatre (610m)
Sir John Soane's Museum (960m)
A stone's throw from the Guardian newspaper, this is the place that probably bears the responsibility for originating the term "Gastropub", as it was the first to try and offer new wave cooking and an old fashioned pint in the same joint. It has it's own art gallery upstairs and the stripped out bar with visible cooking area and the Farrow and Ball paint job mark it down as Deeply Hip. But they also attempt the difficult trick of being a friendly local where you can just stop in and read the paper, have a chat and a beer. We applaud the effort even if we're not entirely sure they bring this combination off. The food is very, very good and probably worth a visit just for that, but how many people come to this one just for a drink and a natter? Still, if you're going to go to a gastropub you may as well give a look to the Daddy of them all.
18/5/2007
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outdoor seating
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