We'll start with the good news... The Rosslyn Deli, which many of you know as the place we buy our "American" groceries like Hunt's tomato paste, Teddy Grahams, and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, shut down on Sunday. You may be thinking, why is that good news? Well, the answer is that the store replacing it is... A BUTCHER AND WINE/CHEESE SHOP! Yay. Really couldn't be more excited. There's been a BIG whole in Hampstead ever since the butcher closed, shortly after we arrived. There is no where to get decent meat (or any meat for that matter... Tesco is routinely out of chicken breasts and ground beef) and the main thing we had been going to Rosslyn for anyway was cheese. So now we get an even better cheese shop, with wine, cured meats, and a full butcher. Very very happy to see this place when it opens up next month: The Hampstead Butcher and Providore.
On the bad news side of things, we heard that the Duke of Hamilton pub is closing down. This was the last true, authentic pub in Hampstead and has been around for ages. They've got great picnic tables outside for when the weather's nice, serve London Pride, and don't serve food (the mark of a true pub in many people's opinion). The owner of the building decided not to renew their lease and is instead turning it into an apartment building. We will miss The Duke, as I know many of you will (mainly my dad and brother) and plan to frequent it until the close in late August.
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