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Visited 05/01/26

Sorry yes, previous venue demolished and new venue built on same site at 240 Seven Sisters Road so same street address!!

No cask. Keg offering of Stella, Camden Pale Ale, Mahou, Guinness, Kopparberg Crisp Apple cider, Goose Island Midway Pale Ale.

Pleasant hotel bar with bar counter to the left of the entrance. Bare boarded with a tile skirt around the bar counter and tall stool seating at the bar counter. Tall tables opposite the bar counter and then booth tables down the left-hand side of the venue, ordinarily which would be turned over to diners I can imagine at busy times.

Not much has changed since my review of more than a decade ago, except the emphasis on pies (mentioned in the previous review by the much missed Real Ale Ray), and the prolific house plants occupying every window cill. There are three cask beers on the four hand pumps today, Abbeydale Moonshine, Timothy Taylor Landlord and Black Sheep Best. I had a pint of the latter (NBSS 3.5, £4.70) and would have been happy to stay for another if it hadn't been for the rather annoying music and the thought of getting home along icy pavements. A younger person's pub, you might conclude. (I mentioned to the bar manager when I was being served that there was a drip from a gutter falling on the pavement outside the front door, and causing re-icing. She said she would see to it, and when I left 40 minutes later I was pleased to see that the pavement had been freshly gritted, so many thanks for that.)

New micropub.

Another name change. Now called District 21.

Undoubtedly the same friendly barmaid mentioned in the previous review must have been on shift when I visited the Roebuck earlier this week. It was fairly quiet at around 1:30pm, with some diners just leaving. The service from the aforementioned barmaid was friendly and welcoming.

An impressive 10 hand pulls with 8 of those on, four by Titanic, Everards Tiger, Thornbridge Brother Rabbit, Revolution Ninkasi, leaving one pump clipped with Caramelised Apple Craft Cider. Various keg including Plum Porter Nitro edition. Also True Stout, Anytimne IPA, Two:20 lager and a couple of guests.

There is a wood burner effect fire going but looks like it is actually gas powered, as I noticed a dial!

Looks like it may have always been a pub, it looks nice and traditional, including the old dark wood bar counter. May well have been multiple rooms originally but now opened up, effectively wrapping round the bar like a horseshoe.

There are a couple of booths in front of the window, then a mix of high and low tables. A room to the left has low seats and seems more geared up for dining. It felt a bit chilly where I was sat between the window and the fake fire, but perhaps to be expected on a snowy January day!

I'd be very happy to return here.