Address: 59-61 High Street, E13 0AD
Nearest Station: Plaistow
Welcome: Adequate; Service: Good (SIT); Beer: Adequate; Toilets: Basic
Cost of two pints: £6.80 (Courage & Adnams Southwold)
Guest: Jim; Word: Pub; Person: Danny Dyer
Rating: 6.5/10
“Are you sure it’s The Black Lion? Have we got the right one?” Dad’s confusion was understandable. After a long journey from Stoke Newington, and with a thunderstorm rumbling ever closer overhead, it wasn’t clear why we were here. The Black Lion was entirely ordinary. The interior was like so many of the pubs we’d walked past previously – red carpet, sofa and chairs; dark wooden tables; framed pages of London Illustrated News. Tudor windows. Basic toilets. Why had this made the cut?
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