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Article: Raising the bar for every pub in London; The winners of this year's Evening Standard Pub and Bar of the Year competition reflect the changing fortunes of London's villages and urban chic at any price.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 30, 2005
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Byline: EDWARD SULLIVAN
THE WINNING PUB
The Morgan Arms 43 Morgan Street, E3 (020-8980 6389) In the 38 years of the Evening Standard Pub & Bar of the Year competition, Bow has never been home to a winning pub.
But pubs - at the centre of the communities they serve - often reflect the changing fortunes of London's urban villages, and Bow is clearly enjoying yet another renaissance now that it has best pub in town as part of its social fabric.
A couple of years ago, The Morgan Arms was a workaday boozer. Then, in 2003, Tanya Stafford and Kelvin Sturman refurbished it and created an outside terrace - dragging this place up by its cockney ...