After our visit to Brigadiers last week, we’re still thinking about those BBQ butter chicken wings and that extensive wine list. Want to know where their bar manager, James Stevenson, heads on his nights off? Read on.
What’s your favourite London watering hole?
I’m lucky that I have my two favourites next to each other in Bethnal Green: [start at] Mother Kelly’s for beers, then head to Sager + Wilde for their ace cocktails. And if you’re still going, try Coupette after.
What’s your local?
I’m a big fan of old London boozers and The Cock Tavern on Mare Street has the right balance of old man pub and great beers.
Can you recommend us somewhere in London we might not have been?
I seem to send most out-of-towners to Garlic and Shots on Frith Street. A list of over 100 shots (some obviously with garlic) and heavy metal – how can you lose?
What’s your summer tipple?
Always a negroni – but you can’t beat a good pint.
Favourite London restaurant?
Dumpling Shack in Spitalfields.
