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Crown & Two Chairmen

(formerly Crown & Chairmen; Crown)

32 Dean Street
Soho
London
W1D 3SB

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Opening Times

Regular

Monday	Midday - 11.30 pm
Tuesday	Midday - 11.30 pm
Wednesday	Midday - 11.30 pm
Thursday	Midday - 11.30 pm
Friday	10.00 am - Midnight
Saturday	Midday - Midnight
Sunday	Midday - 10.30 pm

Operator

Castle (Mitchells & Butlers)

About the Pub

A busy corner pub, with lunchtime table service on the first floor. Called the Crown until 1736 it is said to have been re-named after two sedan chair men who would stop by for the proverbial swift 'alf having dropped off Queen Anne (the last reigning Stuart) to have her portrait painted in a studio opposite by Sir James Thornhill. Karl Marx, the great 19th century socialist thinker and communist lived next door to the Crown & Two Chairmen during his "long, sleepless night of exile", and may well have sought inspiration here (or possibly drowned his sorrows). Here also Thackeray is said to have met the book illustrator and travel writer G A Sala. The pub was rebuilt by Meux's Brewery Co Ltd in 1929 and subsequently George Orwell and Graham Greene were regulars in the 1940s, accompanied from time to time by Arthur Koestler.

Don't trip over the resident bearded collie, Maxwell.

Sandwich & drink meal offer Mon-Fri up to 5pm. Sunday roast includes up to 5 options.

Regular cask ales

This pub serves 1 regular beer.

Sharp's Doom Bar

Changing cask ales

This pub serves 3 changing beers.

Changing beers typically include:

Siren Broken Dream Breakfast Stout
St Austell Proper Job
Timothy Taylor Landlord

Source: National

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Features

Real Ale Available
Cask Marque Accredited

Facilities

Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Restaurant Area
Wifi

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Crown & Two Chairmen

32 Dean Street
Soho
London
W1D 3SB

Sat Nav Reference

51.513803, -0.132591

Transport

Close to Bus Routes
Close to Railway Station
Close to London Underground / Overground / DLR

Nearby Bus Routes (< ½ mile)

7, 19, 24, 29, 38, 96, 36

Nearby Station (850m)

London Charing Cross

Nearby London Underground/Overground/DLR (350m)

Tottenham Court Road

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