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From historic half-timbered pubs opened in the 1600s, to button shops, tea merchants, hatters, and toyshops from the Georgian and Victorian periods and chic specialty shops opened in the twenty-first century, the establishments profiled in The Traditional Shops & Restaurants of London embody the city’s spirit and embrace its history and strong sense of tradition. The guide profiles:
• more than 75 businesses including booksellers, home furnishing stores, clothiers, perfumers, umbrella shops, cheesemongers, and gourmet shops;
• more than 40 places to eat and drink, including fine restaurants, cafes, pubs, and the best places  for eel, pie and mash and fish-and-chips
• the top historic street markets for food, antiques, bric-a-brac, vintage clothes and more

And—a boon for armchair shoppers—the address, phone, tube stop, opening hours for each establishment, and websites for online shopping are included.

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"The Traditional Shops and Restaurants of London does exactly what it says on the tin. Literally, given the vintage canister that forms the jacket design....More than a hundred shops are described, from Savile Row tailors to Brick
Lane bagelmongers. All sumptuously illustrated by photographer Phil Nicholls....Even the most ardent Londonophile can learn a thing or two between its covers. ...This could have ended up being just another repackaged slice of lesser-known London. But the visible research and high production values make this a choice cut of Londonophilia, as rich as anything from Mayfair butchers Allen & Co." —Londonist
Paperback, 304pp.
4.75" x 6"
ISBN 13: 978-1892145-46-8
Retail price: $16.95
Price: $12.71 (25% off)



Eugenia Bell is a freelance writer and editor of books on art, architecture, design, and travel. She is the author of The Civilized Traveller’s Guide to Turin, also published by The Little Bookroom.  After living in London for several years, she recently moved back to New York City.


Phil Nicholls has been a photographer for more than twenty years, working mainly in the music industry. He is currently working on a long-term project documenting the River Thames. He is the photographer of the book Classic Cafes, written by Adrian Maddox (Black Dog Publishing, 2003).