Gambardella

Further to the above: a few weeks ago I went for a walk round Liverpool St to find a few of the cafes in Adrian Maddox’s Classic Cafes book, only to find that the whole street we were looking for had been knocked down. It was a relief then this weekend to find this place open. ‘High Class’, declares the 1930s sign, and so it is. A gorgeous confection of lipstick-red walls, formica and gorgeous sculpted chairs seemingly out of the Festival of Britain or the Independent Group’s This is Tomorrow, a time-warp to the future…