The Duke of Cambridge, Islington

If you would describe a "proper local" as having browning wall paper, chewing gum trodden carpet and cheap lager - this is not a local. If you would describe a "traditional local" as having floppy burgers and chips on offer - this is not a local.

Having lived across the road for two years I would go there to drink a decent pint and only on occasion to eat the food. A pub is only a "local" for the people who live nearby and go regularly. This status is not decided by idiots who drop in and then deign to share their thinking on the irrelevancy of what type of place it is when it is blatantly a pub with a restaurant section attached at the back (i.e. a gastropub). Judge this pub/restaurant/whatever on how good the experience is not the snobbery of what it is - no one is interested.

Incidentally it should be rated higher than 4.9/10. I have moved out of the area and am going back this evening for a beer!!

28 Jun 2007 13:36