April 12, 2011

THE GRENADIER

PLACES. I used to go there with a friend, Capi, when we both lived in London. Then we kept going there each time we visited London, together or separately. We always drank Bloody Marys and chewed the long piece of celery that came with it and stayed there for dinner too sometimes. I've read in a really nice -and exhuberant too - blog, Wise Take, about The Rail, the place in Chicago for a Bloody Mary. Wonderful world.
We also used to have Pimms, in Oriel!
Solía ir a The Grenadier con un amigo, Capi, cuando los dos vivíamos en Londres. Luego hemos continuado yendo cuando de visita en Londres, juntos y por separado también.  Siempre tomamos Bloody Marys, mordiendo las largas piezas de apio con que las servían, y alguna vez acabamos quedándonos a cenar también. He leído, en un bonito y exhuberante blog, Wise Take, acerca de The Rail, el lugar en Chicago para tomarse un Bloody Mary. Maravilloso mundo.
Solíamos tomarnos también nuestros Pimms, en Oriel!

9 comments:

  1. Hello:
    What fun you have had! All those Bloody Marys! For our own part, we should go for Pimms, always associated in our minds with perfect English summers.
    When last in London we noticed that Oriel was still undergoing restoration. We do hope that its essential character will not be lost, as so often happens with these renovations.

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  2. Oh Pimms is one of my most favourite drinks as it reminds one so much of England As to the Grenadier, it is also the most perfect of reds!

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  3. bloody good! pimms is just so English...nobody in Canada has even heard of Pimms! but I remember enjoying them in Lincolnshire.....and the bloody mary crowd drinks caesars in Canada...same drink but with clamato (clam and tomato) juice instead of tomato...we like them spicy...there is nothing like a good spicy caesar....

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  4. Ooh, I'm surprised you know about this pub - it is so tucked away! I try to keep a secret to myself :) Just had Pimms for the first time a few weeks ago - loved it :) XOL

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  5. oh well, i feel bad, because i don't know the taste of bloody mary. may be one day, when i'll be a grand person...

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  6. Thank you so much for the shout-out! That's so sweet of you. A Bloody Mary sounds awesome right now and that little bar/cafe looks adorable. Love the bright red!

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  7. Could go for a Pimms right now on this sunny day! Trying to think where Grenadier is...hmmm.

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  8. This place looks like from a movie about England:)

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