Restaurant in London, England
Café Monico Established 1877 Closed 2021 Street address Shaftesbury Avenue City London Country United Kingdom
Café Monico in 1915.
Café Monico was a restaurant on London's Shaftesbury Avenue .
It was originally established in 1877 at 15 Tichborne Street in 1877 by the brothers Giacomo and Battista Monico.[1]
The first World Weightlifting Championships , then known as the International Amateur Weight Lifting Championship, was held at the Café Monico in 1891,[2] and the Climbers' Club was formed there in 1897.[3]
The banquet for the London 1899 chess tournament took place there.[4]
After some time as the nightclub Avalon, a refurbished Cafe Monico reopened under the new ownership of Soho House in April 2016. It became a two-floor restaurant serving European dishes under the supervision of consultant chef Rowley Leigh .[5] [6]
The restaurant closed permanently in 2021.[7]
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Media related to Café Monico at Wikimedia Commons
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