| Nosh to see you; to see you nosh. St
Georges restaurant at 36a Clapham Old Town SW4 sits amid a triangle
of 'exciting' yuppie theme pubs (bring own rugby shirt), 'yah'-posse
brasseries and too many other Fulham-wannabe stores to mention.
It's also bang opposite Viviene Westwood's house! Long a Classic
Cafes Select Committee [Highways & Byways] favourite, George's
full-on 'plain' style is what makes the dispiriting plod from
the tube station worth it all: attractive logo; fake wood &
powder blue laminate walls; dulled chequer-board floor; an undergrowth
of Aspidistras in the corner; top polished steel chimney rising
from the counter; proper stick-on-letter menu and an extended
family of owners who will all come out to greet you at the drop
of a bacon sandwich. Just ducky! So, why not muss up your Holyoaks
haircut, bouncy-castle trainers and shrinkfit Hoxton t-shirt,
spread out over a couple of tables, fire off some choice Shoreditch-twat
backchat - 'isn't that ad great with the weepy little mobile
being harangued in a greasy spoon' - and chow down St George
style? Then f*** off back to All Bar One with the rest of the
Jim Jims. |
