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Gordon's Wine Bar, a delightful hidden little treasure on the banks of Father Thames.

I went to Gordon's Wine Bar for the first time yesterday and I can't believe it's taken me so long. What a delightful little treasure!

"Wine has been sold on its site since 1890 making it the oldest wine bar in London. It was formerly owned by Arthur Gordon who, as a free vinter was allowed to open premises and sell wine without a licence. Gordon's continues to maintain its tradition and sells only wines, sherries, Ports and Madeiras in its dusty, Dickensian wine-cellar. Kipling House, in which the bar is situated, was home to Samuel Pepys in the 1680s. Rudyard Kipling lived in the building in the 1890s as a tenant and in the room overhead he wrote The Light That Failed. Both he and G.K. Chesterton wrote some of their works in the little parlour of the Wine Bar."

It is absolutely gorgeous inside. It's dark, dinghy, cave-like and very very nice. But the weather was lovely so we sat outside instead.