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If you’re in London I’d thoroughly recommend a drink in the Jamaica Wine House - it’s a pub in the square mile that used to be a coffee house from 1652. It’s an
by tetsuto 6y ago
If you’re in London I’d thoroughly recommend a drink in the Jamaica Wine House - it’s a pub in the square mile that used to be a coffee house from 1652. It’s an amazing place to see - you can really feel the age and history of the place. https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/jamaica-wine-house/ https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/...
- tikkabhuna 6y agoOne of the entrances has a big stone along the bottom of the door and worn down over the years. http://www.citypubs.co.uk/pubs/thejamaicawinehouse_pic.html http://www.citypubs.co.uk/pubs/thejamaicawinehouse_pic.html
- tetsuto 6y agoLove it. Every time I step on I can almost feel the history of the place.
- angio 6y agoCity of London is amazing because of its mix of old and new, I used to work near the Jamaica Wine House and we would often go there for drinks after work. It's too bad the beer selection there is not great tho.
- loriverkutya 6y agoThere is a reason it is called wine house and not beer house.
- luxpir 6y agoRecent BBC doc on slavery mentioned the place as the hub for doing deals on humans. So there's that to consider too as you drink in the history.
- fabian_shipamax 6y agoor as traders call it, the jampot