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N:The Central
FN:The Central
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 8470 6686
ADR;WORK:;;150 Barking Rd;E6 3BD
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NOTE:A large, slightly battered old building with very big windows, this takes its name from Central Park in East Ham, which is central to absolutely nowhere at all. Mostly painted a sort of russet red on the inside, it still has hints of grandeur about it, mostly through the size of the rooms and the occasional remnant of baroque decoration. Sadly, the huge back room is no longer in use, its final spurt of life back in the 1980s evident from the mirrors clumsily bolted to the walls. You can look through the door to it on the way to the toilet and imagine livelier times. Beer-wise, added to the usual corporate crap on sale is the odd decent bitter, and for entertainment it has a pool table and several large screens, the two in different rooms usually showing different channels while the third is permanently glued to the horse racing on teletext. Pleasant barstaff and a cheerful, diverse crowd make up for the feeling that this is a pub already past its best. The closed curtains on a Friday and Saturday night suggest a bit of after-hours drinking may go on.
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