The Snooty Fox

You'll find The Snooty Fox tucked away on Grosvenor Avenue in Canonbury, where it's been doing the whole pub thing properly for years. Walk in and you're greeted with wooden beams, a proper bar stocked with interesting ales, and enough character to make you forget you're in North London (even though you very much are). The food's the kind of thing that makes you realise not every pub meal needs to be a disappointing compromise—they take it seriously without being pretentious about it. It's where locals come to escape the madness of Upper Street, grab a pint that's actually worth drinking, and sit around communal tables with people who genuinely like being there.