Horseshoe

Report April 2019, "No real ale last night, and the guy behind the bar said they're probably getting rid of it". This has been confirmed by a subsequent visit "Visited the Horseshoe - confirmed cask beer discontinued." A former Wetherspoon's pub which moved distinctly up-market with the introduction of an extensive gastro menu, open kitchen and all, and the installation of its own micro-brewery down in the basement. This subsequently metamorphosed into the Camden Town Brewery and the kit was removed while the brewery grew and grew. With white walls, wooden floors, bench tables and large arched windows, there is an airy, open feel to the place. A large blackboard behind the bar shows the range with 8 taps offering keg beers from the Camden Brewery plus up to three guest craft keg beers and a cider but no longer any two cask beers on handpump. Good selection of bottled beers. Growlers available. There is seating outside for smokers in the side alley leading to High St. Underground: Hampstead. The Pentameters Theatre, on the first floor above the Horseshoe, has been listed as an Asset of Community Value. The artistic director, Leonie Scott-Matthews, has (as of 2016) been running the Pentameters, with unbroken service, for 48 years. It is one of the most famous and oldest fringe theatres in London.