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What is it about this place that draws the patty smashers here? Have the City of Westminster slashed business rates up this way or something? Does anyone give a shit? With one of us working around the corner, it just means we can saunter in and grab burgers for lunch with gay greasy abandon. And the fact that Slabs offers take away service, made the opportunity to try it out all the easier.
A trip into the meaty wasp's nest of Marylebone leaves Rob with a peculiar taste in his mouth.
Rob cuffs his chinos, does up his top button and braves a trip down Mare Street and its first purpose-built burger bar...
Maybe the celebrated Fox & Anchor could soothe the pangs of hunger, and disappointment, we'd just suffered at the hands of the Longroom.
In this first part of a Smithfields double feature, we attempt to find proper grilled cheese at gastro-swank pub, the Longroom.
In fact, it wasn't planned as a double feature, which should give you a good clue as to whether it's worth a visit.
Truthfully we haven't really been back to Honest that much because it wasn't really our thing, so when we heard that they were bashing out a Yank-inspired special at the normally-houred central London branch we thought we'd mosey on down to their beef corral and give it a shot.
We wouldn’t *dream* of eating French in NYC though. There’s just no point. I remember passing Bourdain’s place in a cab and audibly scoffing at its kitschy faux-Frenchy exterior as it flashed past. It looked ridiculous. I’m sure all of the dishes are well-executed, but contextually it's not what NYC is to us.
This venture is from the people who brought you God Save the Clam and Rock Lobsta, two pop-ups that were not greeted with unanimous praise to say the least.
In fact, the general lack of reportage on both of them was because they were so awful.
It's one of our favourite things, in one of our least favourite places.
Confusingly, the burgers here are buy-one-get-one-free. A single is a double. A double is a
triple. Keep that in mind because the single is easily enough meat.