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GREATER LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2008
The Winner of the SPBW London Pub of the Year 2007 is :
THE HARP
The Harp in Covent Garden has been voted SPBW’s London Pub of the Year. Runners up in a very strong competition are the Bricklayers Arms, Putney, and the
Willoughby Arms, Kingston.
We will present the award at the Harp on Thursday 17 January, 19.30 for 20.00. I hope we’ll see plenty of SPBW members there; the
pub’s address is 47 Chandos Place, WC2N 4HS.
The Harp is a former Charrington house known as the Welsh Harp until it was ‘denationalised’ a few years back.
It’s very close to Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross and London’s theatreland, which helps to account for the pub’s popularity. Added to the fact that it’s a fairly small,
one-room pub (with a former no-smoking room upstairs, it does tend to get very crowded. Have no fear about getting served, the Harp can boast the most efficient and
friendly (all female) bar staff I know of. What they will serve you might be one of the regular ales: Taylor’s Landlord, Black Sheep bitter and Harvey’s Best or one of
three guests; as an example, when we were there to judge the pub these were Mordue IPA, Skinner Cornish Knocker and GK Olde Trip. You can rest assured that the beer
quality is first class (in fact, the licensees, Bridget and Sarah, have recently been awarded Cask Marque status. To wash down the beers the pub offers a selection of
premium quality, fresh, locally sourced, gourmet award winning sausages. The Harp has its own website:
http://www.harpbarcoventgarden.com if you want to make
a virtual visit. But there’s no substitute for the real thing!
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