With several of Britain’s best restaurants opting to cut their midweek opening hours, does this signal the final last gasp of the long boozy lunch? If so, will you miss it when it’s gone?
Historically, the concept of the “long lunch” was treasured by restaurant fanatics of all stripes. Self-styled foodies who, in taking four hours over lunch, felt they were paying homage to the Mediterranean dining ideal may have looked down on flash City gents rinsing the company credit card over £11,000 bottles of Pétrus, but their motives were not that different.
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