Marble Arch
The
Quebec
12 Old Quebec Street, London, W1H 7AF
Date of Visit : 13th July 2005
Approx. Time of Visit: 6.00 pm
Route Used: Jubilee and Central from Canary Wharf
Distance Traveled : 7.09 miles
Guests: 3
Clientele: Construction workers, indians, policemen, bikers etc...
Pub Number : 055
| Beer |
Cost |
Comments |
| Guinness | £2.90 | |
| Foster's | £2.80 |
| Characteristics | Rating | Comments |
| Ambience |
|
Homosexual |
| Facilities |  |
Megatouch Force 2004 quiz machine, 2 x fruit, SKY, Piano! |
| Ladies |  |
Three old ladies who had come in by mistake and two fag hags |
| OVERALL |  |
Nice, if you like that sort of thing |
Our first pub since the London terrorist attacks. Whilst Russell Square and Aldgate could now be added to the list of stations currently unavailable to us in Zone 1 (Queensway being the only other closed station), we were determined to soldier on and so we headed to Marble Arch to pick off an 'orphaned' station. With nothing obvious on the main road, we headed around the back of the station, eventually coming upon the Quebec. Frosted glass covered the windows and Tim had to stand on tip-toe to peer in, reporting that they had beer pumps and so we were going in. A nice looking place inside, rather dark, but with a big white piano at the end of the bar, it looked a reasonable place. The immediately perceptive Guest 3 started to smell a rat as she noted the pictures on the wall of John Wayne, James Dean and "men in uniform" as well as a statue of a muscled torso. A large number of men were standing around on their own drinking long drinks, not many pints being drunk here. A lot of them were quite short and in vests, a reasonable number were Hispanic and I hadn't realised that moustaches were back in fashion... McFly pumped out from the stereo and men kept going through a door to a downstairs room, seemingly never to return. Two signs behind the bar cemented our suspicions that this was, in fact, our first gay bar. "Wednesday is Free and Easy Night" and "Don't Forget Your Free Condoms". With this now established as a fact, I started to slightly regret having a shaved head and wearing shorts that day. Tim seemed even more interested in Guest 3 than usual and his hilarious "mind your back" as a punter walked behind me 'gag' really put me at my ease. We started to enjoy our pints and watched the various men watching us. When the lights dimmed, we remembered quickly that we were due to meet Guest 4 shortly and so we took our photo by the piano, narrowly avoiding conversation with a short Bobby Charlton look-a-like and headed off to Vauxhall.
Tim and "friend"
OK, the real photo is below!
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