HEMINGFORD ARMS

The Hemmy. The other half of the lyric. "From The Thornhill to The Hemmy" in Louis Dunford's "North London Forever," Arsenal's pre-match anthem at the Emirates. Built in 1855, the oldest traditional pub in Barnsbury, and the inside is unhinged in the best way: Victorian carved mahogany bar with lion heads, etched glass vestibules, and the ceiling festooned with bicycles, musical instruments, old lamps. You name it, it's hanging up there. Famous floral exterior you'll clock from two streets away. Massive projector plus multiple screens, all with sound on. The Thai kitchen does proper Pad Thai between halves. Twenty-minute walk from the Emirates, so it misses the worst of the crush. A pub with genuine soul.