Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Hope you packed your explorer's hat, because the Gibson will take you on an adventure. The cocktail menu hops through the calendar month by month, and you decide what season to visit. Perhaps some hemp oil and cannabis jelly to forget February or flambéed pineapple skin or smoky mezcal and popping candy to heat up your summer?
The vessels are as wacky and wonderful as the ingredients. The space is teensy, so book a table in advance.
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The world’s largest and oldest continuously occupied fortress, Windsor Castle is a majestic vision of battlements and towers. Used for state occasions, it…
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A splendid mixture of architectural styles, Westminster Abbey is considered the finest example of Early English Gothic. It's not merely a beautiful place…
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One of London's most amazing attractions, Tate Modern is an outstanding modern- and contemporary-art gallery housed in the creatively revamped Bankside…
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With almost six million visitors trooping through its doors annually, the British Museum in Bloomsbury, one of the oldest and finest museums in the world,…
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From a monastery, to a Tudor mansion, to the charitable foundation that's operated here since 1611, Charterhouse has played a discreet but important part…
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Specially commissioned shows and provocative temporary retrospectives fill this interesting arced gallery in the Barbican.
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This remarkable Tudor gate dates from 1504. During the 12th century, the Knights Hospitaller (a Christian and military order with a focus on providing…
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Spread over two levels, the larger of the two art galleries at the Barbican hosts thoughtful temporary exhibitions that change a few times a year. Entry…
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The definition of a concrete jungle, this glass-topped conservatory is a surprisingly lush urban rainforest inside the brutalist Barbican, London’s second…
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The Priory Church is one of London's oldest churches. This whole area was originally part of the medieval St John's Priory and is now associated with the…
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The architectural value of this sprawling post-WWII brutalist housing estate divides Londoners, but the Barbican remains a sought-after living space as…
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This cemetery just outside the city walls has been a burial ground for more than 1000 years. ‘Bunhill’ probably derives from the area's macabre historical…