The Globe

A Nicholson's pub on a prominent Moorgate corner, with an elaborate French classical stucco facade that dates from an 1870s refit of an early-nineteenth-century building. The name comes from the Portuguese globe emblem, advertising the fine Portuguese wines once served here. In 2008 it absorbed the neighbouring John Keats pub — named for the Romantic poet who may have been born on the site in 1795, though this is disputed. Late in the crawl, low on glamour, but it keeps a decent range of cask ales and it's open when you need it to be.