London Calling Pub

London Calling occupies a two-floor townhouse on Calle 93A facing the eastern edge of Parque 93. The ground floor runs as a standard British pub: long wooden bar, dark green walls, Underground signage on the walls, and a few high-tops scattered across the room. The upstairs is a slightly less crowded second bar with low couches and a smaller crowd.

The beer list focuses on imports rather than the BBC house lineup found across the street. Guinness, London Pride, and a rotating handful of UK craft taps form the core; the bottle list extends further into Belgian and German territory. The gin and tonic program is the actual reason regulars come; the bar carries around 30 craft gins, half Colombian and half imported, with a tonic selection that includes Fever-Tree variants and the Spanish Schweppes 1783 range.

The rugby calendar drives the venue's busiest weekends. Six Nations Saturdays from February through March pack the place from 11 AM; Premiership match Saturdays are similar. The crowd is overwhelmingly British, Australian, and South African expats during these windows. Weeknight crowds run more mixed: embassy staff from the surrounding Chicó residential blocks, NGO workers, and corporate professionals from the nearby office towers.

Compared with BBC Pub a block away, London Calling is more conversation-focused and less craft-beer-focused. Compared with the cocktail bars (KYN, Black Bear, Huerta), it's noticeably less polished but more sociable. The crowd is the differentiator; for English speakers wanting an easy first night in Bogotá, London Calling is the consensus starting point.

The upstairs floor on weekend nights gets louder than the ground floor and runs until 3 AM. It's where the pub crosses from "pub" to "late-night bar" without quite becoming a club.