![]() It creates a connection and puts the food at the centre of what we do. Everyone feels like they are in it, including the kitchen. They are designed so that wherever you sit, there’s some kind of eye candy. The wood panelling on the walls came from HMS Hermes – in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984 she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War – which was docked at Canary Wharf.Īll of our restaurants have open kitchens In Canary Wharf we have a 10m-long bar that people can come for a cocktail and bite after work or gather around while they are waiting for friends. We connect with our community and locality wherever we can It felt characterful and different, a unique slice of the story of this area. So, when we got a call telling us about the oldest building in Canary Wharf, a single standing warehouse under a bridge with a train going over the top we were down right away. The preconception is that it’s a place for work, but people live here too, and now it’s a destination for people coming in on weekends. On the outside Canary Wharf is typically high-rise offices and shiny glass buildingsīut there’s a fascinating history in the Docklands and Billingsgate Market nearby. I’m a lawyer doing work experience at a steakhouse.’ To which they’d invariably say, ‘Next.’ But eventually I stumbled across a venue in Soho no one else wanted. I’d speak to the landlord and they’d say, ‘Tell me about your other restaurants.’ I’d say, ‘I don’t have any.’ They’d say, ‘Okay, so tell me about the restaurants you have had?’ I’d say, ‘None. My first restaurant was in a former brothel in Soho We joined company founder, Gordon Ker and General Manger Winston Barker to discover more about this new dining destination. And with the heavy blinds half closed, the sound of chopping from the open kitchen and the comforting rumble of the trains overhead, you can imagine just that. That’s the ethos of Gordon Kerr’s latest restaurant, tucked away under a DLR bridge in Canary Wharf’s oldest building.
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