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Sure there have been the members clubs, tapas joints, risotto bars etc, but there hasn’t been much to get really excited about. Hope is in sight, however, in the form of two ex–Caprice honchos. Most of us have heard of Mark Hix, who opened HIX a couple of weeks ago, but less well–known (for now) is Russell Norman who has opened Polpo.
The thing about both these places is that, the food’s good – hearty British grub with names like Heaven and Earth at HIX and Venetian tapas at Polpo – but the real clincher is that you don’t just want to eat in these places, you want to hang out in them. Every night if possible. And so too, it seems, do half of London. So my recommendation: a couple of camparis and chicchetti at Polpo, which now has a no-bookings policy in the evenings, and a main course at HIX – retiring afterwards, and this is the crucial bit, to Mark’s Bar downstairs.
Then try telling me you haven’t had one of the best nights in a long time.
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HIX
66-70 Brewer Street, W1F 9TR / 020 7292 3518
Polpo
41 Beak Street, W1F 9SB / 020 7734 4479
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