Clerkenwell Tavern

Status: Open
Address: 2 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4PX (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Islington
Former name(s): Craft House
Hester's Hideout
Paesan Underground
$ Grills and Martinis
Penny Black
Clerkenwell Tavern
Former address: [also listed as 106 Farringdon Road]
1 Farringdon Road (1884)
Historical parish: Clerkenwell
Dates open: by 1875-
Owner: Mosaic Pub and Dining
Watney Combe Reid (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Also known as "Dollar" (a downstairs cocktail bar attached to the "Paesan" restaurant upstairs). The whole building including the former pub upstairs was renamed as the "Craft House" in 2021, and as the "Clerkenwell Tavern" in 2023.
Photo taken in August 2025
Sources: Open date: Archives
Renaming: Diffordsguide
London Drinker WP47
PO 1882/1895/1915 (all as "Clerkenwell Tavern")
References: E/NOR/Y/004 (as "Clerkenwell Tavern")
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