Please note, The Load of Hay Tavern is now closed. Time Out Food & Drink Editors, 2018
Those particularly long-in-the-tooth might remember this Chalk Farm spot under this guise the first time around, before it became the Noble Art in the '60s and, most recently, The Hill. It played host to squatters for a while, too.
It's been given a new lick of paint, and the guys behind it (The Gresham Collective) have made a move toward craft beer, with plenty of guest options complementing drops from their own micro-brewery set up down in the basement. A good-looking food menu features, too.