The Gunmakers is open for the Italian parade on Sunday
Out-of-towners have complained to me before about the fact The Gunmakers doesn't open on weekends. Boo-hoo. Well, if that's prevented you from visiting before now, come down this Sunday, when the pub will be open from 12-5pm.
The annual Italian parade (formally, the Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) is taking place in Clerkenwell, starting from the Italian church a few hundred yards from us. The Gunmakers is right in the middle of Eyre Street Hill, which will be closed to traffic for the day so a massive street party can kick off. Italian food stalls and entertainers will line the streets, and we'll be serving booze to the masses.
If you can get down here, you'll not only be able to enjoy our ale - we'll have Landlord, Harvey's and two guest beers - but you'll also be taking part in a real piece of London history.
Here are some more photos of the parade itself on Flickr. Although the pub is closed on weekends, you can book the place out for private functions. Details are on the website here. I'm pleased to say that four of our bookings have come from readers of this blog - including an upcoming wedding reception.
6 comments:
I'm not even an out-of-towner but I get a bit frustrated that some of the good Clerkenwell pubs don't open at the weekend. Does anyone actually live there?
A place where the pubs are not open at weekends? How civilised. The police and local A&E department mustn't know what to do with themselves. Worth a visit, thank you kindly.
will you serve us if we have kids?
Yes, I don't discriminate against those who have procreated. Someone's got too, after all. I trust you and your partner have the pedigree to be breeding. We don't want anymore little urchins in this city.
Thanks for the heads-up Jeff. An excellent day of Italian food and fine English beer; an unbeatable combo. If only I hadn't been so (cough) 'enthusiastic' with the red wine at dinner, (after five pints in the Gunmakers), I would be feeling much, much better than my present fragile state.
P.S. Nice touch, you disguising yourself as Joe Dolce, it being an Italian day and all? ;-)
That pic. really made my hairs stand ,hatsoff to those who R through .
SB
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