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On Some Saturday nights when the music was really alive, you could feel the floorboards move under your feet.....lock in`s were great and then around the corner to the Greeks for more drink at 3am and I swear when the lads played more music there and went around with the hat the money was flowing and sometimes they jumped in a taxi at 5am down to the meat market in London (Smithfield or Spittlefields) were there was a pub who had an early 4am license to serve alcohol....they would not be seen for 3 days.
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The best Athlone pub outside of Athlone! Full of Athlonians and acolytes on weekends in the good old days of the late 80s/early 90s when I used to go there regularly.
YOu can see the exterior and interior of the Stags as it was 20 years ago on "Completely Pogued", a bonus documentary on the DVD of the Pogues live at the Town and Country Club in '88 (it was broadcast on Channel 4 a couple of times in the 90s.)
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The best Athlone pub outside of Athlone in the 80s and early 90s. The saddest pub closure of my lifetime - not having been to Camden for several years I was totally shocked on revisiting a couple of years ago to discover that the Stag's had joined the late great pubs in the sky. RIP.
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I loved this place, my second home for 4 years when I lived in london. Bert was a one off, a real gent and his staff/family were the salt of the earth.
We will see less and less of this sort of pub and that is a tragedy.
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this was my favourite in the world ever.
maybe it was Bert and family (Landlord)
maybe it was the hearth fire
maybe it was the great music
maybe it was all the regulars
maybe it was the lock-ins
maybe it was the pool table.(I know there was no place but that part of the craic)
maybe it was the back yard
maybe it was the quiet weekdays.
maybe it was the saturday afternoons which drifted into evenings and late nights.
maybe it was all the wonderful diverse people who were likely to meet. or maybe it was Noreen. but whatever it was it is sadly missed. It's likes will never be seen in London A part of me died the day they closed the old place down.
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Sadly missed. Was a great place with top Guinness and great live Irish music particulalrly on Sundays. Good place to warm up after a day at Camden/Stables market. Spent many a good night there and met my missus there. Certainly irreplacable.
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"The greatest little boozer"
The Stag's closed more than a year ago now and I'm still in mourning. It's not even a gastro-pub but just converted into flats.
Its like will never be seen again. Irreplacable.
Thanks for a some unforgettable times Bert Griffen.
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Great, just what Camden needs yet ANOTHER gastro pub. The Stags was a fantastic place, especially the music. Unfortunatley, it's happening all over the borough. Sad days indeed.
Mat Delort - 6 Sep 2004 11:30 |
Very sad to hear this is closing down. Unfortunately 'anonymous' has been rather naive. Apparently its closing down for four months and will re-open as a gastro-pub. Great!
Owen - 15 Jun 2004 17:18 |
sorry to hear that the stags is closing down...the best irish pub in london..great traditional music
unique atmosphere. diverse clientele and the best bar staff in the world
brian tinley - 21 May 2004 20:47 |
end of era!!! Bert sad to see you and your family leave the best pub in camden! lets hope the new owner leaves the stags as it was under Bert
anonymous - 5 May 2004 12:13 |
This pub is one I dont like to tell many about, on the other hand it deserves the recognition for been a real taste of what Irish bars should be in london (less commercial, tacky waxy o conors/o'neills) It is like steeping into a pub at home! I love it great food and the guv is a great guy! Great Music too and all welcome to play! Long may the inn in Camden be!! P.S happy St. Patricks Day guys!!
Do chara
K
Karen - 17 Mar 2004 14:58 |
Lovely place. Warm, cosy and great atmosphere. More pubs like these please!
Steve - 15 Mar 2004 13:44 |
A personal favourite of mine. A dying breed for sure, so long may it remain unchanged � I shudder when I recall what has happened to practically all other Camden pubs.
It�s hard to find, which is a good thing, though well worth the effort if you�re a right thinking sort with excellent taste in pubs.
Steve Harper - 13 Feb 2004 14:13 |
One of the last proper Camden pubs, friendly, great atmosphere - but keep it a secret.......
Derm - 14 Jan 2004 10:29 |
Does this place still do the Thai food? Nice pub in an unpromising location. Bonus points for real fire, loses half a mark though for the pool table - waste of space as there's not enough cue room when it's busy.
Matt - 12 Jan 2004 12:53 |
best barstaff in the world
o"sullivan - 7 Jan 2004 20:38 |
The best pub in London.
Odran Jennings - 24 Nov 2003 12:59 |
great pub this , just a welcoming atmosphere and a real fire if i remember, excellent, place to go on a saturday afternoon in winter,
pat - 22 Oct 2003 15:18 |
my mate small hands and dangrous first dave first started drinking here when they were young,i dont mind a traditional old boozer with good old live irish music being played over the weekend,but the toilets are freezing in the winter.
baz tav - 17 Oct 2003 12:47 |
My local. Friendly bar staff, nice quiet pub during the week and really busy on Friday/Saturday nights.
And Bert the gaffer is a top bloke
Jonesy - 1 Oct 2003 13:33 |
top place! first place i started drinking and still go back!!! landlord and family are great and good friends! place to go for a good lrish experience.
S.H. - 19 Sep 2003 12:54 |
use to drink there all the time when I LIVED IN LONDON..GOOD CRAIC AND Bert the gov is sound
Gerry - 31 Jul 2003 15:47 |
Good little pub this. Not particularly pretty, but does what it says on the tin. We often used to stagger over there after band practice in a nearby studio. Those were the days!
G - 16 Jun 2003 16:27 |
Visited here last year; Thai food, real ale and a lovely atmosphere in a 'proper' Irish bar.
Could it be possible that the Bucks Head (suggested by someone else with a blurry photo) could actually be this?
mike - 10 May 2003 14:08 |
