Sundays haven’t been the same since London’s Blacklock opened its doors. Even competitors are in awe of the food voted Best Sunday Lunch by OFM readers
Gordon Ker feels a bit guilty about Blacklock’s OFM gong, and no wonder. “To be honest, when we started in spring 2015, we never intended to open on Sundays,” he admits. “We’re a small team, and Soho is dead on a Sunday.”
What a difference a year and a half makes: Blacklock is now a Soho Sunday institution, with 300-plus sitting down to a proper roast dinner each week. “The dream was to do a roast like you get at home,” says Ker, 31. “Nothing beats your mum’s Sunday dinner, so we aim to be the next best thing.” Ker is ex-Hawksmoor, so it almost goes without saying that this is a slick operation.
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