Location: 87 Enid Street
Opening hours: Saturday 1300-2300
Other days: Sunday 1300-1830, Tuesday 1700-2200, Wednesday-Thursday 1600-2200, Friday 1300-2300
Official site: https://biancaroad.com/pages/contact
Last updated: 21/01/2024
Are Bianca Road the new Brew By Numbers? We mean that in the sense that like BBN used to, Bianca Road now have two properties close to each other on Enid Street, although it might not be obvious on a casual glance.
For a while, 87 Enid Street was known as The Dog House, and unless you investigated closely you’d assume it was another bar like Craft Beer Junction which sold a range of beers without being tied to a particular brewery. But look at the tap list and you’ll see that it’s a showcase of people that Bianca Road have collaborated with in the past, like Fierce and Five Points, plus a few beers by Bianca Road themselves brewed specifically for this second space. The Dog House branding only lasted a few months – you can’t help wondering if a bigger brewer’s lawyers got involved at any point – and now it’s known more Ronseally as the Enid Street Tavern (although you may still end up drinking out of a Dog House branded glass).
We can still grumble about how the Mile is turning into a collection of bars rather than breweries, but a bar run as a brewery’s side hustle seems like a decent compromise. It’s nicely designed (interesting how a lot of the newer entrants on the Mile are going for pale wood rather than naked railway arch), with a handy upstairs area used as an occasional event space. Curiously, you’ll have to monitor their socials to find out what music, comedy and spoken word events are coming up, because they don’t seem to want to advertise them in the bar itself. Anyway, with the ten taps you should find something to take your fancy, plus (on the day we went) tequila and radler slushies on sale.
Now walk 25m to Mash Paddle Brewery ----->
<----- or go back 13m to Craft Beer Junction
Comments