Slim Jims Liquor Store
Late on a Sunday night this place can be a haven if you are just not prepared to let the weekend die. With a huge selection of bourbons and whisky, an excellent cocktail menu, and decent tap lager, there's something for everyone unless ale is your only tipple. A year or so ago, we were quite taken with the place. It feels more New York than Upper Street, and it has an excellent juke box with everything rock from Led Zep to the Smashing Pumpkins, but since word of the late license has gotten around, it has become a victim of its own success on a Friday and Saturday night when getting served is like trying to hurdle through treacle. On our last visit, having failed to catch the three vest-clad barman's attention with a polite head's up, followed by an arm waving, we were forced to walk to the end of the bar and ask the three staff moodily stabbing at a laptop if they would be so kind as to serve us. When the drinks are coming at the premium you might expect of a place like this, it'd be nice not to have to beg for one too. I've also been served two Heaven Hill bourbons in bloody shot glasses in here. That's not right. Having said this, it's a good bar - it's just certainly not a pub. Sunday nights here are great, and if you fancy drinking wedged in like a canned sardine pop along on a Friday or Saturday.
location: | Islington |
address: | 112 Upper Street
London
N1 1QN |
phone: | 020 7354 4364 |
clientele: | rock fans, liquor lovers |
directions:
It's located on Upper Street, slightly closer to Angel than Highbury and Islington -- on the left hand side as walk from Angel, or right hand side from Highbury.
nearest stations:
Essex Road (520m) - zone 2
Angel (650m) - zone 1
Highbury and Islington (890m) - zone 2
Caledonian Road and Barnsbury (1Km)
Canonbury (1.4Km)
bus routes::
4, 19, 30, 43
reviewed: 28/03/2010 (dodgy_eye)
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