Mon Plaisir

Mon Plaisir, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London

Mon Plaisir at 19-21 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, is London's oldest French restaurant, founded by Jean Viala and his wife in 1943.[1]

It was opened by Jean Viala and his wife in 1943, and bought by their head waiter M Lhermitte in 1972, and later run by his son Alain Lhermitte, who has expanded it from one to four dining rooms, retaining the zinc bar that came from a brothel in Lyons.[2][3]

The team behind BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze would have dinner on Wednesday evenings at Mon Plaisir, while Hugo Gryn (1930-1996), the rabbi and broadcaster, was alive.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Mon Plaisir - Seven Dials, London". Sevendials.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Our History". Monplaisir.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  3. ↑ "CHESTER Boyd, the caterers, and the Worshipful Company of Butchers » 3 Jan 1998 » The Spectator Archive". Archive.spectator.co.uk. 1998-01-03. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. ↑ Hugo Gryn (25 November 2010). Three Minutes of Hope: Hugo Gryn on The God Slot. A&C Black. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4411-4035-7.

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