The Haggerston Bar / Pub

Dalston, London –

Right on busy Kingsland Road, The Haggerston is a popular Dalston bar that caters to hip-casual locals during the week and manages to turn up a serious party vibe with its late-night weekend license.

Patrons who sidle past the picnic benches out front find themselves in a minimally decorated room with lots of exposed brick, antique booths, and scattered candlelit tables where relaxed Morrissey look-alikes snack on pizzas between pints.

Apart from the deli grub and basic beers, a nice selection of upscale drafts are also on hand, including Delirium, Cristal, and Krombacher, and the pizzas include creative toppings like beetroot, walnuts, and sliced potato.

The vibe is chill midweek, when even a few older professionals drop in to shake off the day with a tumbler of wine at the tile-backed bar, but things seriously amp up come Thursdays, when local DJs spin for the throngs of edgy twenty-somethings who stop in for some heavy drinking before heading south to club it up in Shoreditch.

Anything goes music-wise at this eclectic hangout, including rock, hip-hop, sixties, and indie tunes, and Sundays are also particularly popular when the long-running Alan Weekes Quartet performs live jazz.

A go-to for creative types, pre-gamers, and late-night revelers, The Haggerston is a neighborhood hangout that’s hip without trying too hard.