| 词条 | L'Escargot (restaurant) |
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| name = L’Escargot | image = 48 Greek Street (geograph 5657941).jpg | street-address = Greek Street, Soho | city = London, W1 | country = United Kingdom | established = {{start date and age|1741}} | other-information = Nearest station: {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Tottenham Court Road}} | rating = }} L’Escargot is housed in a magnificent Georgian town-house in Greek Street in the heart of the Soho district of central London. It is London's oldest French restaurant, and is also one of London's oldest restaurants.[2][3] Dating from 1741, the building was the private residence of the Duke of Portland, At that time Soho was a country area, very popular for horseback hunting – and the name derives from a popular hunting cry of the time – “soohoo”. HistorySoho started to be developed after the Great Fire of London in 1666, when over 13,000 houses were destroyed and 100,000 citizens left homeless. The area, then called Soho Fields was the obvious choice for the wealthy to build their property, being within easy reach of the royal palaces of Westminster, Whitehall and St James’s. In 1896 M. Georges Gaudin established a restaurant at the bottom end of Greek Street called Le Bienvenue. He became famous for his snails and was the first restaurant in England to serve the great delicacy. When in 1927 he moved to larger premises at 48 Greek Street,[2] his customers implored him to rename his restaurant L’Escargot after his most popular dish. He surrendered to them and called the new restaurant L’Escargot Bienvenue. His snail farm in the basement of the new restaurant became quite a talking point. A plaster bust of M. Gaudin riding a snail with the motto “slow but sure” is to this day on display outside the restaurant. 1980s–1990sAfter his retirement his son Alex ran the restaurant and it established itself as the best French restaurant in London. In the 1980s Nick Lander and his wife, Jancis Robinson, Master of Wine took over the restaurant and maintained its reputation as one of the best restaurants in London. They employed Elena Salvoni, widely recognized as one of the greatest restaurant managers of the 1980s, hence regulars often nicknamed the restaurant Elena's Place. L’Escargot was refurbished in 1998, when Mr Jimmy Lahoud and renowned chef Marco Pierre White took over the reins. Marco improved the cooking and the restaurant was voted Best French Restaurant in London and Best restaurant in Soho. TodayIn February 2014 L’Escargot was acquired by Brian Clivaz[3][6] (of Arts Club, Home House and Langan’s Brasserie) and Laurence Isaacson (co-founder of Chez Gérard) and a group of their friends. Oliver Lesnik, formerly of The Connaught under Michel Bourdin and Angela Hartnett[1] headed up the kitchen until 2015. James Tyrrell took the helm in the kitchen in 2015. See also{{portal|Food|Companies|London}}
References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/best-deals-of-the-day/8371839/Sohos-French-fancy-LEscargot-reinvents-the-snail.html|title=Soho's French fancy: L’Escargot reinvents the snail|last=Gwilliam|first=Katy |date=March 9, 2011|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=28 November 2012}} [2][3][4]2. ^1 2 {{cite web | last=Vines | first=Richard | title=L’Escargot Is Hot -- Even Before Your Snails Catch Fire: Review | website=Bloomberg Business | date=June 17, 2014 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-17/l-escargot-is-hot-even-before-your-snails-catch-fire-review | accessdate=May 5, 2015}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web | last=Prynn | first=Jonathan | title=Members' club that's just 'for nice people' to open at historic Soho venue - London | website=The Evening Standard | date=August 6, 2014 | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/members-club-thats-just-for-nice-people-to-open-at-historic-soho-venue-9650923.html | accessdate=May 5, 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | title=L’Escargot in Soho comes out of its shell under new ownership| website=Time Out London | date=March 20, 2014 | url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2014/03/20/lescargot-in-soho-comes-out-of-its-shell-under-new-ownership/ | accessdate=May 5, 2015}} }} External links
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