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location:
address:
14 Frith Street, W1V 5TS
phone:
020 7734 9505
nearest stations:
Tottenham Court Road 
(300m) - zone 1
Leicester Square
(370m) - zone 1
Piccadilly Circus
(480m) - zone 1
Covent Garden
(520m) - zone 1
Oxford Circus
(740m) - zone 1
how to find it:
Over on the East side of of Soho, any of the tubes mentioned on the left, plus Oxford Circus are within easy reach. From Tottenham Court Road, exit and walk down Oxford Street. Take the first left into Soho Square and Frith Street is over the other side of the square on the right. The bar is a little way down on the left of Frith Street.
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nearby attraction(s):
National Gallery (610m)
British Museum (660m)
The Royal Academy (760m)
Looking for an even more alternative slice of Soho? One which doesn't involve standing in the road outside a packed pub surrounded by media types, uncomfortably holding your pint? Well, look no further than Garlic & Shots. Like its compadre the Intrepid Fox, this is essentially a Goth bar, hidden downstairs at the back of a cute little restaurant. Its tiny and dark, getting busy with only a few people, but in compensation - and rare for the area - there's a large outside seating area, hidden at the back. As you might expect, it plays appropriately Goth and heavy rock music, but unlike the Fox, doesn't have a dress code, even if you might look odd arriving here in a suit and tie. Drinks are on the unusual side, too. Apart from predictable bottled beers, in keeping with the name there's a wide choice of weird and wonderful (vodka) shots as well as garlic beer - essentially lager with a few cloves crushed into it. Probably not a drink to have on a first date, half a pint is, we discovered, quite sufficient.
13/02/2008
rear courtyard
separate restaurant
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