Damn Yankee Wine Bar & Merchant

You'll find yourself on a quiet stretch of Drury Lane in Covent Garden, pushing open the door to something refreshingly unpretentious. Damn Yankee is exactly what it says on the tin—a wine merchant with a bar attached, where the focus is entirely on pouring good American wines without the theatre. The staff actually know what they're talking about, and they're not interested in blinding you with wine snob speak. It's the kind of place where you pop in after work, grab something interesting by the glass, and end up chatting to whoever's behind the counter about why orange wine matters or which Californian producer deserves more attention.