The British Bulldog

• Cuisine(s): English, Indian, Irish
  Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Saturday; kitchen closes at 10 p.m.
  Price: $$
• Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party
  Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
• Reservations: Not Accepted
  Parking: Street

Description

The Bulldog's space actually looks and feels like a bar -- not an art gallery, not a nightclub, not a place that could vanish tomorrow and reappear the next day as a toy store or a hair salon without anyone noticing. It's a double-barreled shotgun of a room with the long oak on one side and rickety, high-backed wooden booths (painted back when it was the Punch Bowl by a regular for liquor money, according to legend) on the other that are devilishly uncomfortable until you get a couple of drinks in you, and then they become miraculously snug and comfy. Out front, there's a covered patio just big enough for six smokers to stand without bumping elbows. And from the kitchen come a variety of simple pub dishes, livened up here and there with hints of Indian and Pakistani cuisine.