You need a break from fancy? Hit The Old Dispensary. It’s tucked in a mews. It looks like 1923 threw up inside.
Cocktails Bars Liverpool Street at Dylan Belstead blog
The Guinness is perfect. The floor is sticky. The dog by the fire is named “Paddy.” The only cocktail is a Guinness. It’s glorious.
Quirky fact: this pub was an actual pharmacy in the 1800s. You’re drinking where they once mixed laudanum. No wonder it feels medicinal.