Café Monico

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

Café Monico
Restaurant information
Established	1877
Closed	2021
Street address	Shaftesbury Avenue
City	London
Country	United Kingdom

Café Monico in 1915.

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 became a two-floor restaurant serving European dishes under the supervision of consultant chef Rowley Leigh.^[5][6]

The restaurant closed permanently in 2021.^[7]

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. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. 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.
7. "Historic Restaurant Name Cafe Monico Gone for Good After 144 Years in Central London". eater.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links

Media related to Café Monico at Wikimedia Commons

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