“No, no…don’t do that,” he said as he staggered past the bar area before looking around and gesturing at me to follow him. We went in and I headed to the bar to order. What could be more desirable after a vat of wine than a couple of snorts of peaty whisky to set the evening up. I thought he was talking nonsense when he told me there was a bar in the shop but as we got closer I could see people drinking in the ground floor shop. I always assumed that it was just a shop and was surprised when a friend suggested we head there for a drink after a particularly liquid dinner. I’ve been in London for more than three decades and I’ve bought the odd bottle of whisky for Christmas presents from there but never really paid it much attention nestling next to The Gay Hussar restaurant at No 3 Greek Street. Milroys has been selling whisky in Soho since 1964.
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