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location:
address:
93 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RD
phone:
0871 984 3416*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Old Street 
(390m) - zone 1
Shoreditch High Street (opens 2010) 
(420m) - zone 2
Liverpool Street
(790m) - zone 1
Moorgate
(830m) - zone 1
Barbican
(1.1Km) - zone 1
how to find it:
From Old Street head down City Road towards Moorgate, take the first left and walk down Leonard Street until you almost reach the junction with Ravey Street (great name) nearly at the end. The pub is on the left.
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nearby attraction(s):
Spitalfields Market (730m)
Geffrye Museum (850m)
Brick Lane (910m)
People might feel sorry for this pub because it looks so run down, standing on the corner of a largely barren plot in an otherwise built-up area. We love it for this: its a good antidote against other nearby pubs and bars which are slowly being refurbished and sanitised, formularising the heart and soul out of the pub-going experience. For us, it's eccentric places like the Griffin that make going to the pub worthwhile. We hope it stays that way and given it's popularity with a mix of regulars and Hoxtonites, we can't see any good reason to change it. Indeed, it goes to show you don't need to strip a pub out to attract a young, lively crowd. The range of drinks on offer is usual pub fare - a couple of ales (sometimes on, sometimes off) and the usual lagers. Service can be brusque at busy times, but we forgive them. Decent jukebox, too - when there isn't a DJ on, at least.
30/07/2008
TV
a few seats outside
pool table
jukebox and dj
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