Café Monico Explained

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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Notes and References

1. Web site: Shaftesbury Avenue. BHO. 21 November 2015.
2. Book: Fahey, David . 2014 . E. Lawrence Levy and Muscular Judaism, 1851-1932: Sport, Culture, and Assimilation in 19th-Century Britain . The Edwin Mellen Press . 978-1-4955-0267-5.
3. Web site: Clublife. thebmc. 21 November 2015.
4. Web site: London 1899. endgame. 21 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20080619023129/http://www.endgame.nl/london1883.htm#. 19 June 2008. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Fay Maschler . Fay Maschler reviews Café Monico: Rowley Leigh joins forces with Soho House to create Italo-French beau ideal | Restaurants | Going Out | London Evening Standard . Standard.co.uk . 13 April 2016 . 19 June 2016.
6. News: Marina O'Loughlin . Cafe Monico, London W1: ‘A celebration of safe’ – restaurant review | Life and style . . 19 June 2016.
7. Web site: Historic Restaurant Name Cafe Monico Gone for Good After 144 Years in Central London. eater.com. 12 July 2021.