3rd September 2008
Not as exciting as it sounds
Right at the end of the thoroughly unlovely City Road is the cafe-cum-bar, Shot in the Dark. Encompassing numerous metaphors in the name of your bar certainly makes it a more exciting prospect for prospective clientele, unfortunately it leaves open the possibility of disappointment when they arrive. ‘Am I going to get shot?’ ‘a shot of what?’ ‘Dark?’ edgy, maybe even dangerous. Alas! It’s just another so-so bar with the usual astronomical pricing (I needed a shot in the arm after ordering a round) and funky but uncomfortable furniture. If you happen to be wandering around this part of town after nightfall it might be worth a visit, but don’t get all excited about it.