Clipstone
If you were to dream up the ideal neighborhood restaurant where you celebrate British ingredients in a bright space conducive to hanging out and chatting, you’d probably create the picture of Clipstone, a somewhat raw space on on a glassy corner in mostly residential Fitzrovia a 10-minute stroll north of Oxford Circus. Aside from snacks and well-chosen wines, meals are set-price, and you pick each course from a list of 4 or 5 inventive seasonal options such as pumpkin pappardelle, celery root fritters with Comté cheese and pickled red currant, or cow’s curd and njuda ravioli with lemon butter. There’s usually a fish choice, a chicken choice, and a third protein such a onglet (hangar steak) or deer, but the shifting options will always pull from the bountiful provisions of Britain’s rich farm industry at the moment. Offering sophisticated, thoughtful cuisine in an unpretentious environment at affordable prices fills Clipstone with locals, so book ahead.
If you were to dream up the ideal neighborhood restaurant where you celebrate British ingredients in a bright space conducive to hanging out and chatting, you’d probably create the picture of Clipstone, a somewhat raw space on on a glassy corner in mostly residential Fitzrovia a 10-minute stroll north of Oxford Circus. Aside from snacks and well-chosen wines, meals are set-price, and you pick each course from a list of 4 or 5 inventive seasonal options such as pumpkin pappardelle, celery root fritters with Comté cheese and pickled red currant, or cow’s curd and njuda ravioli with lemon butter. There’s usually a fish choice, a chicken choice, and a third protein such a onglet (hangar steak) or deer, but the shifting options will always pull from the bountiful provisions of Britain’s rich farm industry at the moment. Offering sophisticated, thoughtful cuisine in an unpretentious environment at affordable prices fills Clipstone with locals, so book ahead.
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