What the Folk!? at the Hole in the Wall
There aren't many good pubs left in London. The smoking ban was the killer stroke, driving good paying customers into the rain to smoke a cigarette, but they've been dying for years. Those that are left a too clean, ordered, and civilized. Alcohol has been associated with Dionysus since 1500 BC: the God of chaos, extreme pleasure, danger, the life of the senses not of the mind. It's crazy to serve the stuff in pubs that look like they've been entered for the Ideal Home Exhibition!
But if you emerge from the main entrance to Waterloo Station, look slightly to your right, you'll find a proper pub – the Hole in the Wall. Every few minutes the building shakes as a train passes overhead. Yesterday was live music night with the wonderful What the Folk!?
