The George Tavern is a Grade II listed public house and music venue located at 373 Commercial Rd, London E1, owned and run by artist Pauline Forster.
It was formerly known as the Halfway House, and contains original brickwork from the Halfway House, a tavern some 700 years old, mentioned by Chaucer, Pepys and Dickens.
Now a music, performance and arts venue, known for photoshoots and filming. Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse and Sir Ian McKellen helped campaign to stop development on part of the site – the infamous Stepney’s Club with light up dance floor.
In October 2008, The George Tavern was runner-up in Stella's "Love Your Local Campaign", a competition to find London's best loved pubs and highlight the struggling pub industry.
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—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)