I live in the Capital of Hipsterland and I need to keep up.
Usually I'm up to speed with the new pubs and bars of Shoreditch, but when I do miss them I do it to extremes. Well & Bucket is one of those places. It's been open for absolute ages, pretty much every single one of my London friends have been there both one and ten times and it is a four minute walk from my house. It is quite embarrassing to admit never having been even once. The cool kids would probably want to send me to a retirement home if they heard.
Well & Bucket is your typical Shoreditch hipster pub which is basically an ordinary pub with the most unusual twist the owners could think up. In the instance of Well & Bucket, the feature to separate them from the crowd, beyond having specialty beer stocked, are oysters and mini burgers.
As much as I mock the hipster digs of my little corner in London, I love all of the weird and wonderful finds on my doorstep in spite of the pretentiousness that comes with them. A burger and oyster pub is no exception! In the midst of all skinny jeans, vintage looking 50's style blouses, green hair dos and Buffalo platforms (yup, they're back) - it actually is a really lovely place.
It has that typical Shoreditch mix of rustic and quirky with a clientele made for people watching, which we all know I love. Baby Bro & Co also seemed to take a liking to the place - but then again, Baby Bro tends to take a liking to any place with a decent selection of odd looking beers. And whilst I enjoy watching hipsters in their natural environment, my brother enjoys mocking them in just about any surroundings, so this was a pretty decent fit for everyone involved! Apart from perhaps Sis-In-Law who was half asleep after her second beer. They've clearly had it tough on their holiday.
Leaving the place, I run into 10 boys and girls, all in complete lindy hop outfits. And things like that is why I love you Hipsterville.
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