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N:The Aldgate Exchange
FN:The Aldgate Exchange
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 7377 1383
ADR;WORK:;;133 Whitechapel High Street;E1 7PT
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NOTE:This establishment resides in an area of London renowned for its odd traffic planning. The one way system is a nightmarish merry-go-round of irate taxi drivers and terrified out-of-towners all competing to change lanes simultaneously. The whole experience has now taken on a rather surreal dimension with the recent addition of a series of roadside urban sculptures, one of which resembles a policeman with a metal pole and a traffic cone stuck up its arse. Well, it's good to see my council tax money being put to good use. This pub is an assault on the senses the moment you enter. There is a whole host of sports screens and flashing fruit machines filtered through a yellow tobacco haze. The smoky atmosphere does not seem to deter the staff and students from the local campus of the London Met University. One individual had obviously hot footed from the nearest fancy dress party having failed in his bid to win first prize dressed as Bruce Willis from Die Hard. You just don't go out in public wearing a vest unless 1) you have the physique or 2) it is summer. Flash poseurs aside, this pub is a decent venue to watch the footie and they do a decent pint of Bass as well.
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