Aracataca, Holloway, N7

Official site of Aracataca - www.aracataca.co.uk

Official site of Aracataca - www.aracataca.co.uk

Still a Latin American themed venue but now rebranded as the Aracataca Latino restaurant and bar. The menu is advertised as authentic home-cooked Latin American food and live Latin bands play most saturday evenings.

As the name would suggest, this pub has a Latin American theme which is a mile away from when it used to be the Copenhagen a couple of years ago. There was some Spanish type music being performed by a talented female singer when I popped in on Saturday night and the clientele seemed to mainly consist of small groups and there were still lots of people eating at 22:00. The bar is L-shaped and a standard draught selection is available from the friendly bar staff. There is a plasma screen which was obviously turned off and I didn’t spot any Sky ads. I’d get bored with this place if I went all the time, but it would be a good venue for a gathering of friends every now and again.