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Chain pub……….. Like the words “Mechanically recovered meat ” or ” Classic Libertarian” , this collocation rarely signals a good time and strikes fear in ones gullet. O’Neills, Wetherspoons , Brewdog, the trifecta of dogshit , the chain pub is the sworn enemy of the ethos of publican enemy. And yet, for every rule there is an exception, and I’m glad to make it for Mc & Sons Vauxhall.

We all know the OG Mc & Sons from Southwark as a fine example of the Irish pub genre; amazing Thai food, great service , lovely pint and lovingly recreated wooden snugs , and the family have replicated that recipe here again. Such homogeny should be the enemy , but when its done so well, and with such craft, you have to allow it. Now, we all know many Orish pubs are plucked from catalogues off the racks made to measure from the Irish Pub Co, but whereas some pubs are dunking in the bargain bucket , these guys are going high end This beautiful pub keeps it’s handsome features from back when it was classic boozer The Royal Oak , but now has that wooden interior that is the hallmark of all decent pubs of lore, where we are talking homage to the great Irish pub rather than pastiche. If you get me. This venture would appear to be the most successful Father -Son Collab since Christianity’s Jesus H Christ and his Dad . Though a chain it may be, if you dont love it now , you will never love me again .

Naturally they are laden with all the flavors of tayto, including the soon to be contrabando Smoky Bacon flavor with its illict deliciousness. First they came for the smokey bacon taytos , but I did not speak out,for I was not a Smokey Bacon Tayto. Come and take my smokey bacon from my cold dead hands!Also, every time I’m in Mc and Sons, after the inital couple of pints I am sorely tempted to purchase their Irish cottage turf incense burner. Much like its culture war homophone, Turf has been a subject of modern controversy due to Woke, going from locally-sourced rural fuel stuff to worse- than-coal-harbinger of total environmental degredation.But something in me loves that smell. Top 3 smells, easily. Alongside Petrol, smokey bacon and Chanel Blue.