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Welcome
back, all you wonderful UJ readers, to our first Weekend Guide
of '09! In response to feedback, we've slightly streamlined
the new Guide to make it an even more digestible oasis of pre-weekend
escapism - but, with everything from pop-up shops to camp-disco
soup, free-floating art to a Tiki-tinged anniversary, we're
still bringing you the finest selection of distractions to keep
you occupied over the weekend. As ever, if you have any opinions
or suggestions, do please drop us a line.
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EAT & DRINK |
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The
Avalon
This new foodie boozer at the wrong end
of Balham Hill kinda has to be good to make up for
its less than inspiring location - there was even
an abusive, screaming nutter at the bus stop outside
the night we went which was almost a step too far,
we decided, and must have been put there by one of
the local competition in an aim to sabotage the place.
Luckily The Avalon feels very much a safe and stylish
haven to retreat into, the bar being spacious and
welcoming in a way we've come to expect from gastropubs,
and the dining room one of the nicest I've stepped
into in a long time. Dominated by two enormous chandeliers
that look a bit like gilded oversize lobster pots
but are in fact welded together from parts of a ship,
the room manages to be both grand and cosy, thanks
partly to the lighting which, hallelujah, they've
got right (why do others find it so hard?), as well
as a sweeping banquette and an antiquey-looking mirrored
wall at one end.
At £13.50 the roast Wagyu beef with all the
trimmings (a special that they're sticking with for
now) is sure to prove a hit, and also worth trying
are the wood pigeon starter and the coriander and
hazlenut roast pears for pudding,
And you can get your picture taken with the screaming
nutter on the way out.
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Hours: |
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Mon-Thurs
11am-12am / Fri-Sat 11am-1am / Sun 12-10.30pm |
Place: |
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16 Balham Hill, SW12
9EB |
Cost: |
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£35 |
Web: |
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theavalonlondon.com |
Book: |
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020
8675 8613 |
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Weekend
guide by AC, SH & MaM,
food review by SL |
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