Cosmopolitan, suave, charming… this lovely Italian shows what a good idea EU membership was
Blandford Comptoir, 1 Blandford Street, London W1U 3DA (020 7935 4626). Meal for two, including wine and service: £90-£140
Context matters. And so, while I suspect you’re sick of the grinding tumult and heartbreak, I should tell you that I ate at Blandford Comptoir the day before the EU referendum and wrote about it the day after. The lunchtime I visited, a man sat at the marble counter FaceTiming a friend in Italian. Normally I would hate the intrusion of that tinny digitised voice, but at that point when nothing had yet been lost and all was to win, I welcomed it. That was the inclusive London I know and love: a rush of languages I don’t understand but accept as the sound of openness.
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