The Moon Under Water, Balham

I decided to chance it the other day after a bad tube trip. When I opened the door the reek of despair was palpable.(The Tooting spoon, by comparison, has only a whiff of hopelessness).
Loud and rowdy I can deal with.. quiet menace, on the other hand...
To be fair, I didn't stop for that drink and almost longed again to be shoe-horned back onto that tube with the more familiar smell of B.O.,wet wool and city girls.

8 Mar 2006 14:35

The Trafalgar Arms, Tooting

Lived opposite for three years, so has a place in me heart. Hopefully still run by Trevor(a bear of a man with a lurid mohican.Candle - lit ambience attracts a good cross - section, from gay couples to raucous nurses from nearby St. Georges. Good to sit outside on a hot day. The roast dinners are fabulous.

22 Jun 2004 15:10

JJ Moons, Tooting

Arranged to meet someone here a couple of years ago.. turned up and the place had been cordoned off by the police. Has had a couple of 'incidents' through the years, but retains a rough charm. Full of characters - elderly Jamaican men animatedly discussing cricket,a shifty guy selling cigs from a duffel - bag or geezers having a quick pint while the missus pootles around Sainsburys across the way. Great for a cheap drink and theres a cash machine outside, but not somewhere to go on a first date if you ever want to see her again.

22 Jun 2004 14:46