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177 Portobello Road, W11 2DY Full details & map

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© Thomas Skovsende

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Posted: Jun 23 2010

Remaining laudably tongue-in-cheek while the rest of Ladbroke Grove drowns in chichi spots, Trailer Happiness is not a cocktail bar as such - with its deliberately tacky decor (Tretchikoff paintings galore) and DJ hatch, it's far too informal for that.

However, the drinks here are taken seriously, with many of them made to vintage American recipes, and both the mai tai (Appleton V/X rum, orange curaçao, orgeat syrup, bitters, fresh lime) and the Cotton Mouth Killer (Elements 8 Platino, Mount Gay and Wray & Nephew rums, lime, apple, guava juice, apricot brandy, Galliano) do justice to the legend.

The recommended beer is not American but König Pilsener from the German town of Duisberg; ingredients for the food, among them 'TV dinners' such as beef fajitas, are sourced as much as possible from the area.

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Address

Trailer Happiness

177 Portobello Road W11 2DY

Transport Ladbroke Grove or Notting Hill Gate tube

Telephone

020 7065 6821

Trailer Happiness website

Open 6pm-midnight Mon-Sat. Food served 6-11.30pm Mon-Sat

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 4, pavement ), Entertainment ( DJs 8pm Thur-Sat ), Wireless internet

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