Place    From 1917 

The Ivy restaurant

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

The Ivy, opened by Abele Giandolini, as an unlicensed Italian cafe in 1917 in a building on the same site.
Famous as a theatrical-celebrities haunt, possibly due to its late closing time of near-midnight and the banning of cameras and mobile phones. Since 2008 there has been a private members' club on the three floors above the restaurant, with a hidden entrance via an adjacent flower-shop, so exclusive it seems not to have a website, just a puff in the FT.

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The Ivy restaurant

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The Ivy

Unveiled to mark the centenary of the restaurant, although the exact opening ...

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Rosa Lewis

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George M. Hammer and Co. Ltd.

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Brandram Brothers and Co.

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Ignatius Sancho

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Hayward Brothers ironmongery

Hayward Brothers ironmongery

The picture shows the original shop sign in situ - the camera position provides quite a surreal image.  From Glassian, the picture source: “The sign … which stood above the corner shop at Number 23...

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J. Clift

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M. F. Foy

M. F. Foy

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