When you tell people you’re going to a meat market at 3 am on a Wednesday morning, they tend to think that you plan on gracing one of those late-night, bump-and-grind, sweat-and-sex hotspots peppered throughout any midsize city that boasts any semblance of nightlife.

If this is what you’re expecting when you plan your trip to Smithfield Market, you’re in for one hell of a wakeup call.

Looking for a different perspective on cinema? London’s biggest Latin American film festival may just be your ticket.

Lured to an eatery in Covent Garden by an onslaught of advertising, The First Pint checks out Masala Zone.

West End Shows may seem like a pretty extravagant weekend activity for students, but it’s well worth at least one visit while in London. We’ve got the scoop on making your West End experience a little bit cheaper.

Here at The First Pint we are dedicated to crawling all over the city to find the best bits and tell you all about them. People seem to want to keep it secret: Hampstead Heath is where you’ll find the best views of London (and some nice pubs to look at them from).

Italian bombshell Sophia Loren once purred in characteristic fashion, “Everything you see, I owe to Spaghetti.” If only we could all look like her after dining exclusively at Hidden Treasure in Hampstead.

Winston Churchill’s former home is a perfect daytrip for adventurous folk looking for a bit of history and a break from the bustle of London. Priceless artifacts, beautiful buildings, stunning scenery—not a bad place for Churchill to come back to after a long day of, well, war.

Moving to a new country requires you to relearn a lot of things you already knew how to do. Basic skills that you’ve had down from the age of 3 or 4 are suddenly taken from you and you have to learn to do it all over again. Hence the name of our website – for an indefinite period ahead every experience will be the first.

Our resident Angry Russian shares his news and views…

Living in the most expensive city in the world as a grad student on a budget proves to have its difficulties, but we’ve found a place where you can enjoy a gourmet, candle-lit meal for a tenner—wine included.

Nimra Khan, a postgraduate student from Pakistan, tells us about how she feels about living in London with everything that is happening at home.

For most Britons, Saturday night’s alright for…Simon Cowell?

Angel, south Islington, has almost every distraction a person can seek. It is much more than just a convenient connection with the City and King’s Cross. Angel is a pulsing zone 24 hours a day.

The First Pint revels in the idiosyncrasies of the wonderful city that we now call home. The odd street names that we encounter every day are a fantastic part of London and we’ve found some of the best here. Send your own pictures of memorable street names to thefirstpint@gmail.com