Charlotte, Bertie and Gérard too
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Cacophony. That’s the only word to describe the number and range of restaurants on Charlotte Street. This bustling part of London seems to be the very epicentre of eating out. I was dining with someone who knew the area and we agreed on Italian so he suggested Bertorelli’s which I learnt had been founded by the Bertorelli family some 90 years ago.
So I was, frankly, bloody annoyed to find that Chez Gérard Group now owned the restaurant and had turned it into yet another one of their chains. I’ve always considered Chez Gérard to be high on price and low on quality and you may remember my Livebait experience… I find most chains, in any case, are a triumph of formula over inspiration, of laziness over perspiration.
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