I am not so sure it was really a tourist trap. Interestingly, there were a large number of kilted men and women in the pub last night. We went there because it is within walking distance of my house, and about 2 blocks away from where a friend we were meeting had been staying.
As for the Thai food, a few pubs in my neighborhood seem to have an associated Thai restaurant, instead of serving traditional English pub food. Not sure why, except that people can be getting tired of fish and chips and bangers and mash. The food was pretty good though. I do agree though that if you are looking for Churchillian memorabilia, it is not worth the detour. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] "The Churchill Arms" : "not worth a detour" > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:04:51 +0100 > > > Dear Anthony, > > What Churchill would have been doing so far from his usual haunts is > difficult to imagine. > > I went to that pub a few years ago. I was terribly disappointed by the > various chamber pots and egg whisks which the proprietors unashamedly try to > use for the decor in order to disguise the absence of real Churchill stuff. > To make things worse Churchill-wise the restaurant part only served Thai > food: no offence meant to Thailand, but not his daily fare, I believe, and > therefore hardly appropriate to create a Churchill ambience. > > As the Michelin Guide would (not) say, "not worth a detour" ! A tourist > trap, in fact - and very far from any Tube stations. I was angry that I fell > into it. > ChurchillChat subscribers visiting London should give it a wide berth. > > Antoine Capet > Rouen (France) > ===================== > > > From: Anthony Calabrese > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:15 AM > To: List Churchill > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Churchill and Kensington > > > > > > A question for the list. > > I had dinner last night at a pub called "The Churchill Arms" on Kensington > Church Street in Kensington/Notting Hill. In the main room there was a blue > disk proclaiming that Churchill wrote some of his wartime speeches there. > > Does anyone know if this can be true? I looked through the Jenkins > biography quickly this morning and found nothing to support this. > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Find the right PC with Windows 7 and Windows Live. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/pc-scout/laptop-set-criteria.aspx?cbid=wl&filt=200,2400,10,19,1,3,1,7,50,650,2,12,0,1000&cat=1,2,3,4,5,6&brands=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16&addf=4,5,9&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:112009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
