Lost my job, it’s 35 degrees outside, and I’ve spent my newfound free time building a website that tells you which London pubs have air conditioning

Lost my job, it’s 35 degrees outside, and I’ve spent my newfound free time building a website that tells you which London pubs have air conditioning

Priorities innit Turns out the government keeps records of which pubs/restaurant/cafe have AC. So I joined that with the FSA database and now you can look up whether your local actually has aircon or if you’re just going to sit there slowly melting into a sticky puddle. https://staycool.lol/ if anyone wants it. Works on your […]

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Tribute or theft? Co Thành Covent Garden claims to honour Anthony Bourdain and Saigon’s Lunch Lady, or is it cashing in on them?

Tribute or theft? Co Thành Covent Garden claims to honour Anthony Bourdain and Saigon’s Lunch Lady, or is it cashing in on them?

Is this “Vampiric Vietnamese”? Co Thành has just opened next to Covent Garden Market, claiming to be the legacy of The Lunch Lady, the Saigon street-food stall made globally famous by Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations (video embedded on their website). Does this London restaurant, with its plastic chairs, probable rent of a quarter-million a year, and […]

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