Café Monico

Cafe Monico
Café Monico in 1915.

Café Monico is a restaurant on London's Shaftesbury Avenue.

It was originally established in 1877 at 15 Tichborne Street in 1877 by the brothers Giacomo and Battista Monico.[1]

The first World Weightlifting Championships, then known as the International Amateur Weight Lifting Championship, was held at the Café Monico in 1891[2], and the Climbers' Club was formed there in 1897.[3]

The banquet for the London 1899 chess tournament took place there.[4]

After some time as the nightclub Avalon, a refurbished Cafe Monico reopened under the new ownership of Soho House in April 2016. It is now a two-floor restaurant serving European dishes under the supervision of consultant chef Rowley Leigh.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Shaftesbury Avenue". BHO. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Fahey, David (2014). E. Lawrence Levy and Muscular Judaism, 1851-1932: Sport, Culture, and Assimilation in 19th-Century Britain. The Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-1-4955-0267-5.
  3. ↑ "Clublife". thebmc. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "London 1899". endgame. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Fay Maschler (13 April 2016). "Fay Maschler reviews Café Monico: Rowley Leigh joins forces with Soho House to create Italo-French beau ideal | Restaurants | Going Out | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Marina O'Loughlin. "Cafe Monico, London W1: 'A celebration of safe' – restaurant review | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°30′42″N 0°07′58″W / 51.5118°N 0.1328°W / 51.5118; -0.1328

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