Vibe Bar
Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane, Shoreditch, E1 6QL, London
If you ever find yourself fidgeting and thirsty in the East End, you could do a lot worse than head down to the fairly inconspicuous Vibe Bar, tacked onto a sprawling courtyard on Brick Lane.
The inside of the place, whilst almost pitch black in the daytime, is uber-cosy and always rocks heavy come the evening: a hectic schedule of live music, poetry and DJs keep a lively atmosphere pumping most nights of the week.
The daytime mix of unemployed media types, footloose bohemians and whining office workers is a pleasant enough mix to mingle in and suck down ice cold bottles of imported lager on the wealth of benches that spew out of the door. They even do solid lunches and killer BBQ's on weekends to help the beer sink down even more easily ? like you needed an excuse.