There’s been a pub on this site in Clerkenwell since 1809, going through several incarnations (including The Red Lion, the Bull, Queen Boadicea, and the Blacksmith and the Toffeemaker) before reaching its current form, Dame Alice Owens. As well as a range of beers on the bar, the pub has a decent wine offering – it buys in small batches to keep it fresh – and the kitchen turns out pizzas topped with the likes of guanciale, courgette & ricotta and Turkish spiced lamb, red onion & feta.
