Don't Panic

"St. John will close from the end of June for a much needed programme of refurbishment and maintenance.

After fifteen years fairly intensive labour, our kitchen, bar, dining room and back of house areas need a little attention and a few upgrades and so over a six week period from June 27th, Smithfield will close following supper service on June 26th until Monday 18th August 2008.

St. John Bread and Wine will remain open for the duration of the works and our reservations desk will continue to operate as normal over the summer, as will online reservations for Spitalfields and for bookings following Smithfield’s re-opening."

We had breakfast at Bread and Wine last weekend, and can confirm that the 'little' St. John is still delicious. But a two-month closure of the Smithfield restaurant is a terrifying prospect.

Comments

[Lebowski]

I'm assuming you had the bacon sandwich?

[Jared]

Yuppers. Anne and I split the bacon sandwich and some sort of complicated strawberry/yoghurt/honey/brioche thing. Then we ate an Eccles cake and a custard donut. The waiter was horrified, but in an encouraging/enabling sort of way.