The periodic table of London bars

The periodic table of elements is a great way to organize the basic building blocks of life -- and, as it turns out, the basic building blocks of social life, too, in the form of London’s varied and fantastic bars. Here, we’ve filled this handy chart out to rep the best drinking holes from every category, in every neighbourhood.

Click here for a hi-rez version, and check out the links to the individual spots below.

69 Colebrook Row
B.Y.O.C.
Banhmi11
Bar Nightjar
Bintang
Birthdays
Bombay Burrito
Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack
BrewDog Shoreditch
Brixton Brewery
Brula
By The Horns Brewing Co.
Cafe 209
Call Me Mr Lucky
Chakana
Ches's Trattoria
CHICKENliquor
Club Gascon
Core
Corrigan's Mayfair
Corsica Studios
Diwana Bhel Poori House
DNA London
Duck & Waffle
Duke's Brew & Que
Earl's Brewery
Electric Diner
Evans & Peel Detective Agency
Fabric
Fez Club
Floridita
Food For Thought
Foxlow
Glass Dome Restaurant
GOAT
Goddards at Greenwich
Guanabara
Hawksmoor Air Street
Hawksmoor Seven Dials
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
indigo at The O2
John Salt
La Bodega Negra
Lahore Kebab House
London Fields Brewery
Lost Society
Maggie's
Marie's Cafe
Meantime Brewing Company
MEATliquor
Moncanda Brewery
Montgomery Place
Munki
O2 Academy
Old Saigon
OXO Tower Bar
Pappa Ciccia
Plan B
Princess Louise
Proud Camden
Purl
Rivington Grill
Ruby's
Saigon Buffet
Silk & Grain
Simmons
Simply Indian
Sketch
So Bar
Stein's
Sugar Cane
Tayyabs
The Admiral Codrington
The Blues Kitchen
The Breakfast Club Soho
The Bricklayer's Arms
The Churchill Arms
The Commercial Tavern
The Connaught Bar
The Cooperage
The Craft Beer Co.
The Crown & Anchor
The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of Wellington
The Empress
The Experimental Cocktail Club
The Fish & Chip Shop
The Fox
The French House
The Gate
The Golden Hind
The Greenwich Union
The Haggerston
The Jerusalem Tavern
The Kernel Brewery
The Lock Tavern
The Lord Nelson
The North Pole
The Old Truman Brewery
The Prince of Wales
The Rake
The Rookery
The Rum Kitchen
The Shrub & Shutter
The Square
The White Cross
The Windmill
The Zetter Hotel & Townhouse
Trailer Happiness
Viet Grill
Viva Nightclub
Whiskey Mist
White Horse
XOYO
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

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