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Old October 29th 09, 06:03 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default 'Duke of York' pub at Kings Cross open?

On Oct 29, 5:03*am, chrisgd wrote:
On Oct 29, 2:07*am, Miles Bader wrote: Roy Badami writes:
There's no pub in Kings Cross at the moment - the closest alternative is
probably the Betjeman Arms in St Pancras Station -- up the steps from
Pancras Rd. *It's a passable station pub -- nothing special but pleasant
enough and certainly no worse than the Duke of York.


So what kind of beer do you get in these station pubs?



The closure took me by surprize last year -- rather than hang around
Heathrow for the overpriced breakfast I headed to KX for some food
before getting the train to Newcastle. I'd been to the Duke before,
and although crowded was ok for what I wanted. St P had only recently
opened and I didn't see any obvious pub signs amongst the boutiques
than seemed to dominate the St P concourse.

There is to be a pub close to Kings Cross favored by cab drivers. It
may have been on York Way. I am streching my memory back to 1971ish.
It did exceptional sandwiches at reasonable prices.