If you ever fancy a pint of beer and fish and chips while you are in
the city, don’t miss the chance to visit Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Located in a narrow
alleyway off Fleet Street, this pub it’s considered as the oldest in London due
to have a cellar thought to belong to a 13th century monastery which
once occupied the site. It has been a pub since 1538 but, as most of the
buildings of the city, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese was affected by the Great Fire
of 1666.
This pub hosts numerous stories associated to famous literary figures
that have been regulars: Oliver Goldsmith, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
and Dr. Samuel Johnson are all said to have spent many nights drinking beer in
the several rooms that conform Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Probably the most
famous is that Charles Dickens created there some of his darker characters of
his novel “A Tale of Two Cities”.
I highly recommend a visit to this historic pub; get lost in its
numerous rooms and don’t miss the chance to enjoy an organic cherry beer or the
traditional pies.
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