Pinoli's Restaurant

Pinoli's Italian Restaurant was an Italian restaurant owned by Carlo Pinoli at 17 Wardour Street in what was then the Little Italy area of London's Soho district, with another frontage on Rupert Street.[1][2] It was founded in the 1890s.[3]

Pinoli's Restaurant
Façade of 17 Wardour Street, photographed in 2011, showing the word "Pinoli" still visibile at its top
Restaurant information
Established1890s
Closed1949
CityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
Blue Plaque at former site of Pinoli's Restaurant, photographed in 2016

Pinoli's was known for good food at low prices,[4] and was popular with celebrities, journalists and politicians.[5][6][7]

The Magic Circle was founded in Pinoli's in 1905.[8] There is now a blue plaque to celebrate the occasion.[9][10]

Pinoli became a British citizen in 1906,[11] and died in 1927.[12] He is buried in Brompton Cemetery.[2] Pinoli's closed in 1949.[5]

The location of Pinoli's restaurant is now part of London's Chinatown. The name 'Pinoli' is still visible at the top of the building frontage in Wardour Street.[13]

References
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  4. Lieut.-Col. [Nathaniel] Newnham-Davis. "The Gourmet's Guide to London". www.gutenberg.org. p. 369. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. "Where Did London's Spies Hang Out In The 1920s? These Places, For A Start". Londonist. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  7. Laity, Paul (7 February 2018). "The Secret Twenties by Timothy Phillips review – spies and the Bolshevik threat". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. "Blue plaque unveiled by Dynamo". themagiccircle.co.uk. 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. "Magic Circle blue plaque". Open Plaques. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "British Blue Plaques – British Plaque Trust". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. "THE LONDON GAZETTE" (PDF). 1 June 1906. p. 3863. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  12. "Carlo (Charles) Antonio Pinoli". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. "Photo Feature: Number 825 - 16th April 2016". magicweek.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

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