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George and Vulture

Restaurant in London

George and Vulture

Restaurant in London

The George and Vulture

The George and Vulture is a restaurant in London. There has been an inn on the site, which is off Lombard Street in the historic City of London district, since 1142. It was said to be a meeting place of the notorious Hellfire Club and has long been a revered City chop house.

It is mentioned at least 20 times in the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, who frequently drank there himself. The George and Vulture has been the headquarters of the City Pickwick Club since its foundation. When it was threatened with demolition, Cedric Charles Dickens, the author's great-grandson, campaigned to save it.

The George and Vulture was praised in Good Food Guide to London, 1968, as a "rare example of an old City chop-house." By that date, if not earlier, the establishment was celebrated for its Pickwick Pudding that sold in 1968 for twelve shillings sixpence but only on Thursday during oyster season. A recipe for said pudding was published in the 1968 Recipes from Restaurants in the Good Food Guide. Essentially, it was a steak and kidney pudding served with oysters poached in their own liquor and served separately.

The George and Vulture is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the early 18th century. It is now run by Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster).

References

The entryway of the George and Vulture Inn, sometime in the early 1900s

References

  1. The "George and Vulture" in "Pickwick Papers" Cedric Charles Dickens Pub. by Dickens Publishing (1995) pg 10 {{ISBN. 0-9518525-2-3
  2. Dickens, op. cit. pg 12
  3. Dickens, op.cit. pg 1
  4. Since 1950 it has been the home of his Dickens Pickwick Club and, in the same year, it became the venue for the [[Christmas Day]] [[Dickens family]] gathering, in the Dickens Room.Dickens, op. cit. pg 1
  5. (1968). "Good Food Guide to London". Which?.
  6. Costa, Margaret. (1968). "Recipes from the Restaurants in the Good Food Guide". Consumers' Association, publishers of Which? and Hodder & Stoughton.
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  8. "Corporation of London Extract from the Planning Register – Site Reference 2611".
  9. "Hackney' Listed Buildings".
  10. "The George and Vulture Chop House". george-and-vulture.co.uk.
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