shataline

Updated: May 13, 2025

The ordinary was evidently in the same class as Pontack's and Locket's, as may be inferred from it being classed with the latter in one contemporary reference: "Next these we welcome such as firstly dine At Locket's, at Gifford's, or with Shataline." Allusions in the plays of the period also show it was the resort of those who thought quite as much of spending money as of eating.

Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley - Inns and Taverns of Old London