Jacks Bar, N1

This was once a pub called the Hare & Hounds as alluded to by two H&H monogrammes to an interior wooden cross member. There were hardly any customers in on our early evening mid-week visit, which doesn't bode well. It's very bright in here, courtesy of modern lighting and loads of tea lights in clear holders all over the place. Walls are white, the floor is modern bare boarded and furniture is modern restaurant style. The bar has a black marble top but no ale, just Caledonian Coast to Coast craft at a painful £2.90 a half, though it wasn't too bad once warmed up. Music was muted. The bow fronted window is a nice touch but otherwise this bar's name sums it up: dead.