- The Ivy
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name = The Ivy
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image_caption = The Ivy, London
established = 1917
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street-address = West Street
city =London
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country =England
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website = [http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/ Official website]The Ivy is a
restaurant on West Street, nearCovent Garden inLondon ,England . It opened in 1917 and is popular with celebrities and theatre goers. In 2000, the restaurant was awarded theMoët & Chandon London Restaurant Award for excellence. [ [http://www.londoneats.com/search/complete.asp?Rest_RestaurantId=2084 ψ The Ivy London Restaurant, Leicester Square. ] ]The Ivy has a sister restaurant, Le Caprice, which is located behind the
Ritz in theSt James's area of London. Like the Ivy, it is a place to be seen. Caprice Holdings, whose proprietor is Richard Caring, also owns and runs J. Sheekey, a fish restaurant in the traditional grand style, located nearLeicester Square .In 2005, Caprice Holdings purchased and renovated Scott's, a well-known restaurant located just off
Berkeley Square inMayfair . It has quickly become one of the best restaurants in London, and is renowned for its fish dishes and oyster bar.The restaurant was a favourite of authorIan Fleming , and is reportedly where he first discovered the dry martini made famous by his characterJames Bond .Fact|date=September 2008The Ivy is also the name of a popular restaurant in
Los Angeles also patronised by celebrities, although the London and L.A. establishments are unrelated and are owned by separate companies.References
External links
* [http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.caprice-holdings.co.uk/ Caprice Holdings website]
* [http://www.theivy.com/ A comparison of the the Ivy in London and the Ivy in Los Angeles]
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