The Buxton, Spitalfields, E1

Official site of The Buxton - www.thebuxton.co.uk

Official site of The Buxton - www.thebuxton.co.uk

One room with the bar to the left. Four hand pumps, one off, nothing strong, rest keg rubbish.

A pub on the cusp of Brick Lane which is a high-ceilinged, bare-floorboarded one-roomer with a green-happy interior designer's array of dark jade-y coloured internal wood and Charrington's-type dark green tiles outside and against the bar (WhatPub says this was formerly a Whitbread house, so perhaps a London expert can clarify?) The people in charge also run the nearby Culpeper and The Green in Clerkenwell. Two ales out of the four stumps, with Purity Ubu and London Beer Factory Summer Session IPA, which, I presumed with its impenetrable murk through the pint glass was 'unfined' (it smelt and tasted fine). If so, it was my first foray into this 'style du jour' and I experienced no swellings to the head or neck. Decent muzak soundtrack in the background and I was told it was due to close for a brief renovation in the next few weeks. From what I saw, it's not a bad eye-opener to explore before The Pride of Spitalfields.