LUPE Bar & Kitchen

Walk into LUPE on North Street and you'll find the kind of place that actually feels like it's for the people living around it, not some Instagram play. The bar's got proper swagger—dark wood, moody lighting, the sort of room where conversations naturally get louder as the night goes on. The drinks menu leans into Spanish influences without being precious about it, and the kitchen clearly knows what it's doing with seasonal British ingredients. It's the sort of neighbourhood bar that's somehow managed to stay genuine whilst being genuinely good.