# Unofficial Mini-LonDope in January **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395 "2004-01-08T11:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/161 "2004-01-16T15:45:43Z")
I’ll keep you guys posted - I should know my final plans within the week. Anyone for Belgo’s? Or don’t you guys hold with that new fangled foreign food? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/162 "2004-01-16T16:01:27Z")
[Check this out](http://pub75.ezboard.com/fnadsfrm2.showMessage?topicID=387.topic) to find out what most people who go to the BritDopes views on ‘food’ is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/163 "2004-01-16T16:04:38Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > [Check this out](http://pub75.ezboard.com/fnadsfrm2.showMessage?topicID=387.topic) to find out what most people who go to the BritDopes views on ‘food’ is. > 😃 'Tis funny, but not an accurate relflection methinks - some of us went to the Mongolian BBQ last Dopefest. Shall we organise something like that for the evening? Or is everyone going to be happy with pub food? ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/164 "2004-01-16T16:18:23Z")
I’ve been dying to go to Belgo’s for ages! Piles of steak and chips and garlicky mussels, mmmmmmm…Count me in if it looks even remotely likely, otherwise I’ll have to make do with Pub food. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/165 "2004-01-16T16:29:49Z")
I like Pub Food, but as per the last one, if peeps wander off in search of ‘food’ elsewhere, i’m sure myself and others will stay behind as a vanguard drinking and pub fooding. Arrr! I said vanguard. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/166 "2004-01-16T16:34:09Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > I like Pub Food, but as per the last one, if peeps wander off in search of ‘food’ elsewhere, i’m sure myself and others will stay behind as a vanguard drinking and pub fooding. In that case, as per **ianzin’s** example in the last LonDope Planning Thread, we need a list of options: [ol] [li]Food? What’s that? Food is for the weak. Beer is all that is neccesary.[/li][li]We’re in a pub, therefore, pub food[/li][li] **Angua’s** cookies will suffice[/li][li]Curry?[/li][li]Belgos?[/li][li]Something else?[/li][/ol] If we can get numbers and a place organised by mid-week, then we can book somewhere if neccesary. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/167 "2004-01-16T16:39:45Z")
Bel-GO’S! Bel-GO’S! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/168 "2004-01-16T16:48:10Z")
I think **Bib** wants to go to Belgo’s. Is the nearest one to the London Bridge pub in Convenient Garden? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/169 "2004-01-16T16:52:33Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > i’m sure myself and others will stay behind as a vanguard drinking and pub fooding. If a vanguard is needed, a vanguard there will be. You will not stand alone, brother. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/170 "2004-01-16T16:56:28Z")
> [@garius](#): > > If a vanguard is needed, a vanguard there will be. > > You will not stand alone, brother. Right on! please lengthen your message to at least 10 ;iudbivbar ih fbaobbob ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/171 "2004-01-16T16:59:39Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > In that case, as per **ianzin’s** example in the last LonDope Planning Thread, we need a list of options: > > [ol] > [li]Food? What’s that? Food is for the weak. Beer is all that is neccesary.[/li][li]We’re in a pub, therefore, pub food[/li][li] **Angua’s** cookies will suffice[/li][li]Curry?[/li][li]Belgos?[/li][li]Something else?[/li][/ol] Has Belgo’s stopped serving beer? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/172 "2004-01-16T17:04:52Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > Has Belgo’s stopped serving beer? :eek: Not as far as I can tell. But then, I can’t get into their website, so I only have Google’s word to go on, and we’ve already organised a pub for next weekend, and changing it now would just confuse people. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/173 "2004-01-16T21:10:02Z")
Food is for the weak. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/174 "2004-01-16T23:40:43Z")
How near to the pub is the pink tank? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/175 "2004-01-17T15:17:19Z")
> [@qts](#): > > How near to the pub is the pink tank? Is that the strange pink tank like thing? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/176 "2004-01-17T15:21:20Z")
There are two Belgo outlets in central London. Belgo Centraal is located in the little maze of streets around Neal’s Yard, north of Covent garden. On the other hand, there’s also their more-drinking-less-eating branch, Bierodrome, on Kingsway (inbetween Holborn tube and Aldwych). Bierodrome might be completely dead on a Saturday, but Centraal is uncomfortably cramped and overheated. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/177 "2004-01-17T15:38:54Z")
What is this Belgo thing of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/178 "2004-01-17T15:53:35Z")
Beer, Belgian. Mostly restaurants (_moules et frites_, etc), but specialising in beer as well. Bierodrome is their bar chain. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/179 "2004-01-17T20:42:58Z")
I might turn up at the George if **paul** is properly sedated, but I detest Belgos – dark, crowded, smoky, overdesigned, expensive, and I can make better mussels at home (although admittedly mussels take forever to make). Plus my local Safeway sells Chimay, so I have no reason to ever go to Belgos. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395/180 "2004-01-17T21:20:36Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Is that the strange pink tank like thing? A bit SSE of Tower Bridge is a tank (as in tracked vehicle with big gun) that some ladies have painted pink (or desert camouflage colour). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-mini-londope-in-january/223395.md?page=10)