The George Tavern is a Grade II listed public house and music venue located on Commercial Road, London. It is owned and operated by artist Pauline Forster. Formerly known as the Halfway House, the building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens. In 2002, artist Pauline Forster bought the derelict building at auction and has reopened it as a music, performance and arts venue, and pub.