Eating, drinking and sleeping

Hotel Malmaison

Charterhouse Square

London EC1M 6AH

tel: 020 7012 3700

http://www.malmaison.com

This ultra-stylish hotel makes a hip base from which to plan your London expedition.

Top Floor @Turnmills

63b Clerkenwell Rd

EC1m 5NP

t:0207 250 3409

A great restaurant, set within one of London’s superclubs. Enjoy a Spanish menu in baroque splendour, with cabaret, jazz, acoustic and open mic entertainment.

Fabric

77a Charterhouse St.

EC1M 3HN

t: 020 7336 8898

www.fabriclondon.com

Club and record label, Fabric continues to attract a cutting-edge crowd with its line-up of international DJs.

Smiths Of Smithfield (SOS)

67-77 Charterhouse St.

EC1M 6HJ

t: 020 7251 7950

Three storey bar and restaurant complex in a former meat factory. Famed for canteen style seating and post-industrial feel, universally praised by the cognoscenti, and a contender for best steak in London.

Kipferl Ltd. Austrian Deli

70 Long Lane

EC1A 9EJ

tel: 020 7796 2229

www.kipferl.co.uk

London's only authentic Austrian delicatessen. Choose from filled rolls, soups, hot sausages, salads, cakes and coffee.

St. John Restaurant

26 St. John Street

London, EC1M 4AY

T: 020 7251 0848

www.stjohnrestaurant.com

Critically-acclaimed restaurant which helped pioneer a revival in traditional if sometimes obscure British cooking. Particularly famed for its offal-dominated menus.

Saki

4 West Smithfield

London, EC1A 9JX

t: 020 7489 7033

www.saki-food.com

Award-winning Japanese restaurant and bar offering an authentic but contemporary culinary experience. A food boutique sells a range of Japanese groceries and tableware.

Butcher & Edmonds

6 London Central Markets

London, EC1A 9LH

T: 020 7329 7388

Butcher & Edmonds is a family butchers. A great place to buy game when it’s in season.

La Cucina

2/3 Cowcross St,

EC1 M6DR

020 7251 0405

Excellent local Italian restaurant, popular with workers and residents from the neighbourhood. Ideal for a quiet dinner.

Vic Naylors

38-42 St John St,

London, EC1M 4AY

T: 020 7608 2181

www.vicnaylor.com

Established in 1986, Vic Naylor’s restaurant and bar has always been a favourite of the BritArt crew. It has also entered film history, as a key location in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

Culture

Barbican

Barbican Centre

EC2Y 8DS

www.barbican.org.uk

tel: 020 7638 5403

The Barbican has a diverse programme of world-class performing and visual arts, including classical and contemporary music, international theatre and dance, visual arts and design, and must-see cinema.

Museum of London

150 London Wall

EC2Y 5HN

t: 0870 444 3853

The world’s largest urban history museum, charting London’s development from prehistoric times onwards.

Urban Golf Centre

12 Smithfield St.

t: 020 7248 8600

Tee off indoors, using sophisticated simulators to perfect your stroke.

The Charterhouse Square School

40 Charterhouse Square

London EC1M 6EA

www.thecharterhousesquareschool.co.uk

T: 020-7600-3805

The Charterhouse Square School is an independent co-educational day school for children from 3-11 years old.

Estate Agents

Frank Harris & Co

87 Long Lane

London, EC1A 9ET

tel: 020 7600 7000

With four offices specializing in the sale and letting of residential property within the centre of London, Frank Harris & Co are well-established local agents offering an honest and professional service.

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