The specialist beer and wine shop which used to be in the basement of Army and Navy Stores (House of Fraser) on Victoria Street in Westminster has been replaced… by a branch of Gap.
So, no more Sam Smith gift sets; no more oddball Belgian beers; and no more bottle-conditioned stouts and porters, five minutes from my work.
Still, at least I’ll be able to buy “khakis” and striped scarves now…
Bailey
6 replies on “Army and Navy beer shop is no more”
I assume you’re 100% sure it hasn’t been relocated to somewhere else in store? I mean, have they ditched the wine shop too?
Not 100%. I just wandered round the shop and couldn’t find it anywhere. No wine or whisky anywhere as far as I could see, either. And the lady I asked just looked confused, like they’d never had any wine or beer and I was a madman speaking in tongues.
Oh, you are going to be looking generically stylish. Get some boot-cuts for me!
To be fair I’m not averse to the odd item from GAP. Unless I’m mistaken, It’s about the only major US clothing chain with any significant presence in Britain these days. One of the many small things I cite to support my oft expressed view that life in Britain is, despite the language thing, far more similar to that of European neighbours than that of USAians.
GAP, the oddest name, a gap is a space between stuff, a lack of stuff , a negative. Also its a synonym for crack ! conspiracy theorise if you will…
There are probably more Gap outlets in London than specialist beer shops now. Bah humbug!