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Open for business with quality ale as first priority! Five Cask Ales @ £3.80 a pint (eat ya heart out, Mitchell & Butlers!), Seven Keg beers all at around a £fiver, plus a similarly priced range of ciders. Cheap - No, but compared to what else is on offer locally this is Heaven-sent. A micro-brewery from the boys at Bohem is also being planned in the billiard room also being developed as a function room. Magic!
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Some good news! The managers of The Duke's Head in Highgate have acquired the keys to The Prince and plan to open up it up in the near future on similar lines to focus on 'great beer, food and strong links to the local community'. They were attracted by the recent 'ACV status and the campaign in general which helped us immensely with deciding that the pub was worth a go'.
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Remains closed but Haringey Council have accepted our application to have The Prince listed as an Asset of Community Value (as of 08/10/15). The Freeholder now has two months to appeal the decision. The Listing lasts for 5 years.
This does not guarantee the pub's future given the vagaries of the free market but any plans for inappropriate development of the site will now be put on hold for 6 months to give the local community an opportunity to respond with its own proposals (as happened with the Antwerp Arms in Tottenham).
More here:
http://www.bowesandbounds.org/forum/topics/the-prince-pub-an-asset-of-community-value
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Hopes dashed as this pub's unsavoury past continues to blight it's future and it's all boarded up again. The previous owner and manager had continued to lease out the upper floors of the building but without conforming to fire safety regulations - despite warnings, and have just been sentenced to six months in prison each for putting lives at risk by breaking fire safety laws.
More recent attempts to provide a sports bar/club night atmosphere/live music venue for cover bands were IMO poorly pitched for the area, although the interior refurb is good. The hard financial reality of the modern pub trade is that you need a mixed economy of drinkers and especially diners to remain viable.
Mitchells & Butlers seem to understand this with their recent expansions in the area (The Ranelagh, Starting Gate & Maid of Muswell) but, unfortunately, the result is insipid uninspiring middle-class gastros. I'd sooner see an outfit like M&Bs make a go of it tho than continue to see what should be my (very) local remain derelict. I plan to report the premises as 'a pub at risk to CAMRA, and hope for a more imaginative approach to its future.
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Hope springs eternal... As one of the humans without a beard or a manbun who's lived in the tower blocks 200 yards away for the last 15 years, I was greatly encouraged to meet Michelle, the Manager, and the new owner on The Prince's re-opening night yesterday.
The recent refurb tastefully updates the interior without detracting from it's character. Locally, there is a huge niche to be filled between the sports bar atmosphere of The Nelson & Springfield Park Tavern, and the Soho priced pretentiousness of The Ranelagh.
The pub deserves the regular support that will enable it to provide varied live music and make the provision of high maintenance, short shelf-life real ale a viable proposition (only Greedy King IPA available at present). Make it so, People! x
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Currently closed. Prayers being said for new ownership, preferably CAMRA fundamentalists with a zealous passion for real ale
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Soo, a return trip to the pub which should be my local and... bad to worse, sadly. Staff struggle to keep the lager in any decent shape, so it's probably as well that there's no pwopa ale. In the front bar, a pair of shit-faced Vicky Pollards were verbally emptying the contents of their bowels at a young male audience, whilst a bunch of awesomely laconic hoodies fumigated the side smoking area with skunk cannabis. Cars continually pulling up and deals being done from the kerb. Luvverly! Avoid at all costs.
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Went in here last Saturday afternoon for a quick pint on my way home from a shopping expidition in Wood Green and noticed a sign on the window advertising a Saturday night open mic jam session. As I'm a amateur guitarist I asked the barmaid if the jam had to booked in advance, or can I just turn up with my guitar. She obviously didn't have a clue as to what I was saying and just shrugged her shoulders in a don't bother me unless you want to order something! Surely if your going to hire a barmaid then at least that person needs to have a basic understanding of English?
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Bright lights, music videos, no card payment, unsavoury clientele, poor understanding of basic English and generally just a pub that you stay clear of. It's my nearest pub but I'd walk the extra 10 minutes and head to The Ranelagh. If only it was a decent local. Wait a minute, there is new management? We shall have to wait and see, however I am not convinced it will be any different... yet.
Becka - 11 Nov 2010 14:44 |
Possibly the friendliest pub landlord i've ever seen,but i'm unlikely to return because a) there is no real ale and b) they were showing music videos on the tvs,and i can't stand that.
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The old Prince hasn't had atmosphere since the late 80s when Tony ran it. It was then run by a succession of idiots who turned a once thriving local into an absolute dive - none more guilty than Rick who was so scared of the travellers he paid them money to stay away. All he managed to do was alienate the last few regulars that used to make this a great boozer.
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I live about 400 yards from the pub and pass it frequently - its always empty and consequently there's no atmosphere. No proper beer either! The new decor is bland & inoffensive but certainly an improvement on the tatty nicotine drenched 'Hell's Waiting Room' that preceded it under the old regime. But the old Prince did have atmosphere, customers and a handy lock-in for us familiar faces. I think that they need to find a niche, and the introduction of an extensive array of real ales could provide that niche. A potentially good pub withering on the vine!
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would be ok if there was ever anyone in there,decent pint
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The fellow's not asian he's Egyptian. If you'd asked him he would have told you. Good pub though.
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This place has had a recent refurbishment that has turned it into the �Land of Leather� with a bar. Even with the small offerings of beer paraphernalia on the walls it feels a little like a hotel, but it does have 2 large plasma screens and a pool table. The Asian governor isn�t quite with it, but along with his barmaid they are very friendly and accommodating. The first plasma screen is located at the front of the pub at the opposite side to the pool table. In between them both there is a scattering of leather armchairs and a couple of tables. The other plasma screen is located on the back wall around the side of the bar in an area full of more leather armchairs and tables surrounded by dark wooden panelling. It was almost empty during my visit so I got to watch the first half of the match in relative luxury laid back in an armchair with a pint by my side. The place feels very new and unused which is a little surprising as I found it to be very pleasant.
John Smiths Smooth, Guinness and four standard lagers are available, but no real ale.
I liked it in here and would go back in if passing.
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