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Great Scott's is voted coolest place to dine
By Jonathan Prynn, London Lite Last updated at 11:37am on 01.11.07
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It was one of London's most fashionable nightspots in the Forties and Fifties.
Now Scott's has reclaimed its crown less than a year after reopening.
The Mayfair venue has topped a list of the capital's coolest restaurants in the Harper's Bazaar & Moet Going Out Guide 2008.
Now owned by Caprice Holdings, which also owns The Ivy and J Sheekey, the restaurant first opened in 1851.
A century later, James Bond author Ian Fleming was a regular, drinking martinis, "shaken, not stirred".
However, Scott's fell out of favour and closed in 2004.
It reopened in December last year after a £5million refurbishment, and the seafood bar now vies with The Ivy as the place to spot famous diners.
Its success seals Mayfair's revival as a London hot spot.
Guide editor Sophie Denning said: "It's where power, glamour and pleasure meet."
Of Scott's, she said: "It looks gorgeous, it exudes confidence, and the simple pleasures of oysters and Dover sole are very London."
Other "cool" restaurants in the guide include The Ivy, The Wolseley in Piccadilly and Locanda Locatelli in Mayfair.
The best places for afternoon tea include Fortnum & Mason and Yauatcha in Soho. For breakfast, top tables include Cecconi's in Mayfair and Clarke's in Notting Hill.
