When travelling south and going to the arse, we always use Spoons-Islington, due to its infectious clientel, low prices, cordial atmospherics, dry timbers and the Joy De Vivre shown to the man in the Street.
It's walkable up London road, avoiding the taxi "oinks" who seek to reduce fiscal pounds in a cost of living crisis.
If we're going to the West End to see a show, then we also use Islington-Spoons for pre dinner aperitfs, hoers des overie, and canopies, owing to the immediate proximity of the Angel tube that's across the Rd.
Stay safe, protect the pot, and never be spanked. That is all;