'He was a ladies' man!' What Baby Reindeer star was REALLY like trends now
When punters arrived at the Hawley Arms in London's trendy Camden, they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw who was pulling pints behind its busy bar.
After doing a double take, they would realise it was actually Amy Winehouse, then at the height of her fame, chatting and giggling with guests.
'Amy said it was what she was born to do,' says a friend of the star who was also a regular at the pub back in the mid- to late-Noughties.
'She loved that pub. She would love talking to normal people coming in for a pint, totally not expecting to be served by her. She thought it was hilarious.'
Amy Winehouse playing a secret gig at the Hawley Arms in Camden, North London, in 2010
When punters arrived at the the pub they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw who was pulling pints
Now, the bar, which is just yards away from the world famous Camden Market, is having a renaissance thanks to the hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer
While fact and fiction have been blurred — the pub is called The Heart in the show — Gadd did actually work at the Camden pub
Amy Winehouse would regularly serve Kate Moss who would be there with her then boyfriend Pete Doherty
It was Amy's local, just a stone's throw away from the Camden flat where she lived with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
To the outside world, it was nothing more than a standard London boozer, like many, painted in red.
What made it stand apart, however, were the hordes of paparazzi waiting outside, ready to snap whatever A-lister might stumble out of its doors. Because, even without Amy Winehouse behind the bar, the Hawley Arms was, back then, 'hipster central'.
A grubbier and trendier version of that other 1990s celebrity hangout, the Met Bar, it was the regular haunt of Russell Brand, Liam Gallagher, Kate Moss, Noel Fielding and Pixie Geldof.
A mural of Amy Winehouse on a brick wall at the side of the Hawley Arms pub in Camden
The pub is having a renaissance today thanks to the success of the hit Netflix series baby Reindeer
And now, the bar which is just yards away from the world famous Camden Market, is having a renaissance thanks to the hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer.
The series, which has gone viral, tells the story of a semi-fictional character named Donny, played by the show's creator Richard Gadd, who worked behind the bar where he met a strange, lonely woman.
Feeling sorry for her, he offers her a cup of tea on the house, triggering what quickly turns into an obsession. What follows is a dark, psychological thriller, as the woman turns out to be a deluded and dangerous stalker.
While fact and fiction have been blurred — the pub is called The Heart in the show — Gadd did actually work at the Hawley Arms, and it is the setting for the series.
It was Amy's local, just a stone's throw away from the Camden flat where she lived with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil
Actress Kirsten Dunst, who was briefly dating Razorlight guitarist Johnny Borrell, was another visitor to the famous boozer
It was the regular haunt of stars including Liam Gallagher, Russell Brand, Noel Fielding and Pixie Geldof
And Gadd is still remembered by old regulars. Even back in 2009, he referred to himself as a 'writer' according to one. And while his employment there was 'fleeting', he did earn the reputation of a ladies' man with one woman recalling: 'He would love chatting to women, and he would sometimes snog some of us.
'He wasn't the loudest but every now and again he would talk about his writing. But then most people who went to the Hawley would say they were
