A new craft beer pub opened in Tottenham on Thursday, a place where 10 years ago one struggled to find pubs at all let alone any selling decent beer.
The PalmN15 is on Philip Lane in central Tottenham and the 341 and 230 bus routes stop outside.
There has been a pub on the site since 1857 hence its original name, Lord Palmerston. A formidable Victorian politician he was alive at that time. The current pub, which was historically owned by Trumans (hence no cask beer in more or less living memory) has had a recent chequered history of being open and then closed and then re-opened.
I suppose you could call it a street corner local but who the locals were or are, pace Boak and Bailey’s work on Bristol pubs, will have changed considerably over time.
I stopped by on Saturday afternoon and it was busy, predominantly with people considerably younger than myself (hardly difficult) including families.
The pub has a single central circular bar and has been stripped back to reveal original features.
Yes, but what about the beer, I suspect most are saying by now.
There was a good range of a dozen taps, six on each side of the bar. Three had local beers from One Mile End, Pressure Drop and Beavertown. A couple had cider and there was Lost and Grounded Keller Pils. In short decent.
There was also a shortish menu on a blackboard by the bar. I didnt try food as I was only stopping by but numbers were eating.
In short along with the fairly nearby True Craft and High Cross and the Bluecoats nearer Spurs its a good addition to the local craft beer drinking scene.
Given it has a cellar its a pity its not selling a local cask beer or two but the Beehive and Antwerp Arms both sell Redemption on cask so its not absent from the area.
As often with such pubs at the start its not that easy to find out opening hours etc but there is an Instagram account and a twitter presence both PalmN15
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