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Enjoying classic Italian at a London institution

July 16, 2014 by Sandy Cadiz-Smith 2 comments

Tonight I’m back in Covent Garden (which always makes me very happy) and I’m dining at a real London institution. Spaghetti House is nearly 60 years old. And it has a really good story. The original restaurant was set up by Northern Italian friends Lorenzo Fraquelli and Simone Lavarini in 1955. The two first met […]

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Tasty delights at The Palm in stylish Belgravia

September 9, 2013 by eatingcoventgarden 0 comments

Today it’s time for a touch of American foodie tradition and history in London. The first Palm restaurant was opened in NYC in 1926 by John Ganzi and Pio Bozzi. The story goes that they wanted to name it after their hometown, Parma, but when they went to register it the clerk misunderstood their Italian […]