tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159209931637740601.post5430377648655192476..comments2014-11-12T02:04:35.613-08:00Comments on Historic Dining in London: An introductionWinstonChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17213603943575673385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159209931637740601.post-12030774019637219642014-05-26T05:13:11.793-07:002014-05-26T05:13:11.793-07:00London is now becoming world class dining city, by...London is now becoming world class dining city, by being open to world cuisine and ingredientsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159209931637740601.post-48959812837661851562013-04-04T09:05:31.419-07:002013-04-04T09:05:31.419-07:00Perhaps include Wiltons as an ageing dowager - an ...Perhaps include Wiltons as an ageing dowager - an excellent example of the more discreet and, thankfully, unfashionable London establishment. Owned by the Hambro family (which is how I became aware of it whilst working for a member of the family in the 90s). The story of the acquisition of the restaurant by Olaf Hambro is classic. <br /><br />"The license was taken over in 1930 by Mrs Bessie Leal until 1942, mid-war, when Olaf Hambro, who happened to be eating oysters alone at the bar as a bomb landed on St James's Church, Piccadilly, asked for the restaurant to be added to his bill as Mrs Leal folded her tea towel and apron and declared Wiltons closed."BellisVintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155329536457019771noreply@blogger.com