Nightlife
Originally published on Friday, 22nd May 2009
My Bubbles
The summer's en route, and you can practically hear the eager clammering for a glass of cold, crisp, refreshing sparkling, no?
The sleek new Crescent Champagne Bar that launched earlier this week is a prime example. Whilst they do make some rather lovely cocktails, their particular (and titular) USP is clearly heart-set on the ol’ champers. With that many potential Krug-quaffers, though, it's perhaps no wonder that they’re based in West Ken (I'm not saying Dalstonites couldn't afford it - but…)
So what to do if the Armand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs is a little out of reach for a Sunday afternoon tipple? Our beloved Wine Chap might regularly beat me with the “Prosecco-Over-Cava” stick, but if you've ever whiled away a balmy evening in Barcelona's wonderful Can Paixano, you'll know that free-flowing, cheap-as-chips (or cheap-as-boccadillos, in this case) cava is actually a byword for summer socializing.
And now, care of the Institut del Cava, today sees 20 of London's loveliest gastropubs start a summer campaign of 2-for-1 glasses of the lovely bubbly. El verano español just landed, amigos. And it brought a friend.
The Crescent Champagne Bar - 3 North End Crescent, W14 8TG
Full list of participating gastropubs:
The King’s Head – 1 The Green, N21
The Bull – 13 North Hill, N6
The Lord Palmerston – 33 Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5 1HU
The Albion – 10 Thornhill Rd, N1
The Charles Lamb – 16 Elia St, N1
The Castle – 54 Pentonville Road, N1
The House – 63-69 Canonbury Rd, N1
The William IV – 7 Shepherdess Walk, N1
The Coach & Horses – 26 to 28 Ray St, EC1
The Crown – 223 Grove Rd, E3
Ealing Park Tavern – 222 South Ealing Rd, W5
The Eagle – 215 Askew Rd, W12
The Rye Hotel – 31 Peckham Rye, SE15
The Brown Dog – 28 Cross St, SW13
The Coat & Badge – 8 Lacy Rd, SW15
The Fentiman Arms – 64 Fentiman Rd, SW8
The Garrison – 99-101 Bermondsey St, SE1
The Phoenix – 14 Palace St, SW1E
The Ship – 41 Jew's Row, SW18
The Crown – 46 Plaistow Lane, BR1
