10 years of the Euston Tap
This week marks 10 years since the Euston Tap at the front of Euston station first opened its doors.
Pete Brown provided a pre-opening preview here:
The day after that was posted(my twitter feed for 2010 tells me) I was in there sipping a glass of Thornbridge Bracia.
I’ve been in there quite a bit since, a decently priced beer bar with a good selection of cask and keg beer being still not as common as one might hope in central London.
Its shut for its birthday thanks to the English lockdown but it will without question be back.
Trying to remember who I’ve met and bumped into in there over the years is perhaps beyond my not particularly reliable memory. I do recall though on one occasion Michael Rosen appearing to check if the fact I was tweeting about drinking a beer in the Euston Tap actually accorded with reality. It did.
Of course the beer world has moved on in the last 10 years and while the Euston Tap was one of the very few outlets for craft beer in London then, now there are lots. The beer range has kept up though, and there is always something interesting to drink on the board along with old favourites.
The spiral staircase is legendary as are the toilets it leads to (they have improved). The Euston Tap is a listed building so there are limits as to what can be done but even in COVID times the upstairs lounge, the seated areas downstairs and outside are a decent space.
The best tribute though is that after 10 years not only has the Euston Tap survived, beer wise, it remains a relevant location too.
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