W, November 1st, 2001
With two restaurants, a bar and a mini hotel, West Street brings full-service chic to London.
Christopher Bodker isn't worried that West Street, his new restaurant/bar/hotel, is right next door to the Ivy which remains the chic set's favorite dining spot in London. He is unconcerned that his four-floor establishment will be seeking customers at the beginning of a likely recession. He isn't even too upset that workmen continue to swarm over the building a mere two days before it is due to open.
Instead he just laughs when recounting the history of the premises as a well-known Japanese broth...
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