The Britalian Job – Dolce Vita in Clerkenwell
From the street, the Grade II listed 18th century ‘front shop’ façade is pure trattoria: bottle green glossy tiles and painted paneling, café-style net curtains, and Luca written in gold, in an art deco font by graphic design studio Everything In Between.
London practice Alexander Waterworth collaborated on the interior design. ‘We and they saw the building had a special sense of space, an innate warmth, abundance of light,’ Johnny says, on his first day off since opening. ‘I want guests to have a sense of freedom here. To have a wander.’ Walk in through the bar, whose midcentury lighting and booths evoke a night train’s dining carriage and suit scruffier suppers, towards the dining area, via a beautiful, absurdly lush private dining ‘garden room’ and properly farmhouse-y pasta kitchen. Out the back is an Italianate terrace – they have plans for Virginia creepers, dusky dinners served outdoors in summer. The interior
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