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VERSION:2.1
N:The Hoop and Grapes
FN:The Hoop and Grapes
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 7265 5171
ADR;WORK:;;47 Aldgate High Street;EC3N 1AL
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NOTE:Spared from incineration by the strong easterly wind in the Great Fire, the Hoop and Grapes has stood the test of time. It looks the part too, the whole ground floor appears to lean to the left when viewed from the front. It is as if the alchoholic fumes have entered the structure over the centuries and rendered the building drunk. On entering, the place expands off in all sorts of improbable directions making it unexpectedly quite large inside. The bar stocks all the usual suspects and not at the exhorbitant prices I had been warned about. The toilets down in the basement are dwarfed by the vaulted brick ceiling and make you feel like an ant in a roman hypercaust (but without the heat). One of the better pubs in the area.
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