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Museum Tavern
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When a boozer boasts logoed T-shirts and its own history book, you might be wary; but this venerable corner pub opposite the British Museum pulls in its fair share of locals as well as tourists. Though the premises date from the 1720s (when it was known as the Dog & Duck), the current incarnation is Victorian, all engraved mirrors and windows, ornate ceiling and walls whose muted brown and red chimes with the historic air. Past customers have included JB Priestley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Karl Marx, who unwound here after hours of reading in the old British Library. Today, the excellent guest ales are well worth anyone's Kapital, though the food is basic proletarian pub fare.
Time Out Bars, Pubs & Clubs Guide 2008/9
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- 49 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, WC1B 3BA
- Area: Bloomsbury
- Tel: 7242 8987
- Category: Bars & Pubs
- Travel: Holborn or Tottenham Court Road tube
- Times: Open: 11am-11.30pm Mon-Thur; 11am-midnight Fri, Sat; noon-10.30pm Sun, Food served: 11am-10.30pm Mon-Sat; noon-8pm Sun
- Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
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Used to be a great spot. Locals and tourists with good food but has gone down hill and the food is not good. The fish and chips, which I consider a pub staple, was terrible. Plus prices had gone up too. Give it a miss.