FANS of a good business lunch are up in arms after Simpson’s Tavern, where Charles Dickens is said to have been a patron, has closed its doors. The venue, which opened in 1757 and calls itself the oldest chophouse in London, shut last month and may not reopen.
“We are heartbroken,” manager Benjamin Duggan tells us. “We have survived fires, world wars, an industrial revolution, a plague and a mini-Budget”. Today, Duggan launches “Save Our Simpson’s”, a campaign to save it with help from regular City diners. Nigel Farage is known to be a fan.
