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Critic's choice: Meaty Smithfield
Evening Standard 21.09.07
Piggy delight: Comptoir Gascon serves good hearty dishes from SW France
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Top Floor at Smiths
67-77 Charterhouse Street, EC1
This is the fine dining part of a multi-floor operation — up here you'll find great views and great beef. Rarebreed steaks that have been dry-aged. It may not be cheap but it is very good. £50pp ex-drinks. (020 7251 7950).
Comptoir Gascon
61-63 Charterhouse Street, EC1
This bistro is squeezed into half of the Club Gascon shop, hence the name. Very good cooking, hearty dishes from South Western France, notable platter of piggy bits, reasonably priced wines. £18pp ex-drinks. (020 7608 0851).
St John
26 St John Street, EC1
Fergus Henderson's somewhat eccentric restaurant represents the very best of British gastronomy. The philosophy of nose-to-tail eating is carried through with gusto; try the splendid bone marrow salad. £35pp exdrinks. (020 7251 0848).
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