Pie and Ale

As it proudly proclaims, the Newman Arms has an 'Upstairs Pie Room' which I noticed whilst walking through the alley beside it, Newman Passage, on my way to meeting friends at Nordic Bar (don't bother with that one by the way). I visited after work the other day and had a hearty pie and a nice ale which hit the spot marked 'pie and ale' very nicely indeed.

It was one of George Orwell's favourite drinking spots (as was the Marquis of Granby over the road) and featured in 1984. It was also apparently the location for the opening scene of Peeping Tom. Dicken's probably drank here as well but he seems to have drunk at every pub except the Wetherspoons on Elephant and Castle roundabout.

p.s. Don't go there expecting a wide variety of vegetarian options. There is one pie on the menu that fits that bill, simply entitled 'Vegetarian'.