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This Venetian restaurant offers a little piece of Venice in the heart of Soho. Polpo in Beak Street is based on the bacari - or wine bars, especially good for a glass of Prosecco - frequently found in the city famous for its canals. An Italian restaurant is a fitting use for this building which was once home to the Venetian painter Canaletto - a blue plaque is testament to his stay here from 1749 to 1751. Owner Russell Norman draws on years of experience at Caprice Holdings (where he was operations director) and as general manager of Zuma to give his first solo venture an air of sophisticated charm. He has done well to draw on the talents of head chef Tom Oldroyd (previously at Alastair Little and Bocca Di Lupo) whose Italian menu is typical of the type you'd find in the bacari of Venice offering small plates and traditional cicheti (read salt cod, mariated sardines and swordfish carpaccio), northern Italian wines as well as the classic Italian dishes. The attractive interior of exposed brickwork gives this early eighteenth century building a modern appeal, finished off with a tin ceiling above and Victorian tiled floor under foot.
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68 Regent Street, W1B | 4 minutes from Polpo
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Harold Pinter Theatre, 6 Panton Street, Soho, London SW1Y | 6 minutes from Polpo
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London > Events > Theatre Dates: 4th May to 3rd August 2013
Trafalgar Studios, 14 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A | 12 minutes from Polpo
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
8 Argyll Street, Soho, London W1F | 3 minutes from Polpo
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Regent Street, Soho, London W1B | 3 minutes from Polpo
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69 Broadwick Street, Soho, London W1F | 1 minute from Polpo
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London > Education > Adult Education
19 Wigmore Street, W1U | 9 minutes from Polpo
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10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 11 minutes from Polpo
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118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 13 minutes from Polpo
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1 Kingly Court, Soho, London W1B | 1 minute from Polpo
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8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F | 3 minutes from Polpo
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London > Business > Venue Hire
68 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D | 4 minutes from Polpo
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195 Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 5 minutes from Polpo
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