Off Licence

Handy for cigs when you are in the village or if you want a few beers to enjoy in the sun in Sackville Gardens. Limited range and on the expensive side.

I’d disagree with Alfie, living as I do very close to the gay village, this offy is very convenient, especially since Olive Deli got repossessed or somesuch. There’s actually bumloads of residential properties in and around the gay village, and not everyone wants to go out to bars all the time. Offies are for when you want to buy booze to drink in your house, or at parties. Yes, there are bars around, but they don’t exactly do takeout for your poker night.
It’s a jolly good offy, selling the usual boozes at decent prices. They always seem to have some sort of offers on, too. For a recent party, the boyf popped to this offy to re-​stock our gin supplies. The man behind the counter very kindly let him off 47p (because the boyf was clearly drunk and thusly having issues with his PIN number, so he had to scrape together all the cash in his pockets).
I like businesses like this; friendly and local, and run by people who give you a smile and a wave as you drunkenly leave with your Gordon’s. This is a lovely offy, and contrary to prior belief, really useful to the residents of this area.
And, of course, a visit to the Village is a hip hip hoorah for local business (and booze), which we should all support. That reminds me, I should go in and give them that 47p…

An off licence, in the Gay Village. I’ve been in for a chocolate bar and done a reccy, and its pretty good, but I don’t really know why it exists. I suppose some people live there, but there’s not that much residential and so many alcohol selling bars and clubs, that I cant imagine going there to buy booze.
They have lots of choice; wines, beers and spirits, and deals that make it pretty good value. But you can get a bottle of beer in bars around here for a pound or even less (Baa Bar) and Canal Street literally never closes so I don’t know when you’d need it.
So if you need to know there’s an off licence near Canal Street, then I’m telling you there is, but you probably don’t need it.