Woof Woof

Went to a very cool little pop-up bar slash cabaret last night… hard to imagine I know, I too was a little bemused but by jove it was fun. I shall set the scene: snuggled atop the Bumpkin on Westbourne Park Road a wee little den that goes by the name of Maison de Chien has quite literally popped up. Higgledy piggledy tables and chairs, crazy flock wall-paper adorned with poodles and a well stocked bar selling canine cocktails for knock down prices (may I recommend the Chihuahua – a sooped up caipirinha muddled by a real life Brazilian). Its is run by Medium Rare (“pioneers of modern variety” http://mediumrare.tv/mrare.html) but fronted by Poodle and her sister Kitten (easy to spot, she’s the smiley lady with the big blonde barnet and slightly grubby nails – she’s a lady-bird breeding gardener by day) and they are on the first leg of their mission to introduce London to the pop-up cabaret-bar. At circa 10pm every night the lucky guests are treated to a cabaret by one of a number of fearless fruitcakes (in the nicest possible way) who last night had the whole room in fits before you could say woof woof. And the best thing about it is that you need not part with a penny, (except to quench your thirst). How the finances work is totally beyond me, it all just seems to darned good to be true. But its not. Open 6pm – til midnightish Wednesday– Saturdays, until end of March, when they will be popping up elsewhere. So very worth a visit.