We spent most of the day at home where we had things to attend to. In the evening, we thought we were entitled to spoil ourselves a little by going out to supper.

The Angel Crossroads

It was a warn, sunny evening as we passed through the Angel crossroads.

St John Street

We went into St John Street to catch a bus along Upper Street. There was a pretty summer sky overhead.

The Red Lion

While I was there, I took a photo of the Red Lion theatre pub. I’ve photographed it before but it is a handsome building with a long history and worth photographing from time to time .

Aboard the 19

We caught a number 19 bus along Upper Street. We intended to see whether one of our favourites, the Workers’ Cafe, was open.

Workers’ Cafe – closed

It was most definitely closed. So we started walking back along Upper Street, looking to see what was on offer.

Le Mercury

Reading menus, we proceeded along Upper Street, and eventually plumped for the restaurant on this corner, called Le Mercury. It is a small restaurant but well run.

Theatre Boxes?

A curiosity of the place is that it contains a set of what look like diminutive theatre boxes, two up and two down.

Bread and butter

You are served French bread and butter. We chose the Prix Fixe menu which had vegetarian options.

Starter: Crushed Avocado

Main course: Cauliflower Steak

Dessert: Crème Brulée

We chose three courses, as above. The cauliflower “steak”, despite the name, is vegetarian and contains no meat, just a selection of vegetables, principally cauliflower.

The Old Post Office

Afterwards, we walked across the road to the bus stop in front of St Mary’s Church. From here you have a good view of the handsome old post office now “redeveloped” under the silly name of “Islington Square”.

Aboard the 30

We caught a number 30 bus to start our journey home. We still had a pleasant evening ahead of us.