The Gun Spitalfields: Pub in Tower Hamlets, London

The Gun Spitalfields is a food venue with a late-night streak. The kitchen sets the tone, and the programming tends to follow it: relaxed meals that turn into longer evenings, with lounge-style nights that keep the room going after the plates are cleared. The crowd usually came for the food and stayed. The regular nights are the late-week ones, when the room fills and the evening stretches. The easiest way to pick a night is to ask what you want from it. If you want to eat properly and linger, look for the food-led sessions. If you want the room busy and the night to run late, go for the lounge-style ones. The venue does both, though rarely in the same evening.