Fish Yard, Chip Street, Vinegar Street
August 27th, 2008I was flipping through my London A-Z to check my knowledge of Covent Garden’s topography, and King Street, Great Queen Street, and Maiden Lane started to seem like the beginning of a fairy tale. I looked through the index to see what other stories might be hiding there, and found a Groom Crescent and a full page of Princes for the Maiden.
My old address Minerva Street has a Hera Court, an Ares Court, and a Bacchus Walk to keep her company. I particularly like Bacchus Walk: I imagine the god of wine stumbling home after a night out, doing the Bacchus Walk.
I found a Fish Yard, Chip Street, and Vinegar Street, but what to wash them down with? The abstinent can choose from Tea Trade Wharf or Water Gardens. And the rest? The index goes from “Bee Passage” to “Beeston Close”: No Beer. No Lager, Stout, or Bitter. No Pint. Not to despair: for the impatient tippler there is a Wine Close.