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French Dinner at L'Abattoir
After Dark
Last Round on the Drive at The Charlatan
Commercial Drive's 15-tap gastropub where the Charlatan fries and beef dip get better after midnight, open to 2am on weekends.
After Dark
Commercial Drive's 15-tap gastropub where the Charlatan fries and beef dip get better after midnight, open to 2am on weekends.
The Charlatan has earned its 'diamond in the rough' reputation from Drive regulars who have figured out that 15 draught lines, an easy-sipping cocktail list, and the Charlatan fries and beef dip are a harder combination to pull off than it looks, and the fact that it runs to 2am on Fridays and Saturdays makes it harder to walk away from. It's unfussy and warm, the kind of gastropub where you go after dinner and then somehow close the place. Order a beer, get the fries, get the beef dip, work through a couple of taps, and let the Drive's most reliably late room decide when the evening is genuinely over. There's no pressure here and no pretense, which are two qualities that become more valuable the later the hour gets.
