Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Queens Head stays mediocre .... shame really
Was at a do near the Queens Head last night so took the opportunity to pass by. As John has said recently the courtyard out front is blocked off at one end. A car is parked in there. Entrance to pub from the courtyard is gated off. The corner entrance is the only way in and out, if you get past the burly doorman. Luminous paper signs are stuck all over the windows telling under 21s to stay away.
Inside it looks as though nothing has changed. Opportunity missed ... shame really. It did look quiet in there and that's on a Friday night at 10:30. So, it looks like they've kicked out the hoods but kept away higher spending custom.
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Permalink Reply by RuthE on
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atleast the dusty old tobacco stained curtains have gone.. Pity they havent done something more imaginative with the front area. They've got a back garden too havent they?
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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on
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I rekon it won't be long before it is closed again.
Most of it's customer base has been banned, ie it's over 21's now, so cannot be that busy. I'm not that fussed it being a sports pub I just wish it wasn't so tacky and sold ale and half decent food. I think Harringay is blessed with a couple of good pubs, the Salisbury, Garden Ladder and the soon to be newly refurbished Old Ale Emporium. I don't the Queens Head would succeed as a Gastro Type place.
If CAMRA are rght, it'll be flats before you know it then!
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Birdy, I was also thinking the place is heading for slow death.
Ruth, the garden area is to the side.
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I can't be the only twit who thought the 'no one under 21' signs up said no one under 27? Maybe thats why its empty.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I spoke to the new landlord when they were "refurbishing" it and he was definitely from North London, although I do have trouble telling the difference between and Australian and a New Zealander now...
I am disappointed but not surprised.
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I thought he was Hungarian or something, maybe I'm mistaking him with Granvilles mother?
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Nope... he was a football geezer. Blank look when I asked if he would show the rugby or the cricket.
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Permalink Reply by Harringay SNT on
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The owner I spoke to was Turkish. He left Turkey when he was 14 and has had at least 20yrs in the trade. He has brought his own door staff with him and is determined to clean up the place for a while before starting to put on events and attract the decent people.
I`d give him some time
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