FAO Loko Tyke

While I bask in the glory of Eaststander's link

(thanks by the way)

We also won South West London CAMRA pub of the year yesterday.

Not a bad week so far!

 

Don't, that's heart attack time! nt

 

In a nutshell?

The character, the decor, the location. It might be situated in one of the wealthiest parts of London, and it is home to a few too many 'rar, rar, rars' (hence the nickname The Sloany Pony), but it really does feel like a traditional English pub that anybody can have a drink in.

The special part, if that's what you want to call it, is the beer range. We have 40 beers on draught (the most in the UK), and 150 bottled beers. We have staff training sessions once a week that vary from brewery tours, beer and wine tastings, brewing your own beer at a London brewery, home brewing, trips to Brussels, and general beer knowledge tests. It really is considered the beer capital of London if not the UK, and that's what makes us special. Any pub can stick a few extra beers on to a bar, but getting the staff to buy in to what you do is the obstacle, one that I think we overcome quite well.

The weekend of July 4th (Independance Day) we'll be hosting our 2nd American Beer Festival, where they'll be more American beers in once place, on draught, that the UK has ever seen (we think?). Oh, and the area outside is pretty good too, nice patio area for about 80 people overlooking the green, with a built in BBQ that we open 5 days a week over summer.