Will Ottolenghi really up Richmond into wild chaos? The answer is complicated
Evening Standard|February 05, 2024
REPORTS emerged last week of a minor uproar in Richmond, London's notorious hotbed of middle class sheR borough nanigans.
David Ellis
Will Ottolenghi really up Richmond into wild chaos? The answer is complicated

In the south-west "probably London's most attractive borough, darling," trills its official tourism website (I may have added the "darling") - the council has just granted permission for a new Ottolenghi restaurant and deli to open on Hill Street, replacing a furniture showroom. And So To Bed, Richmond? Fat chance of that now.

The announcement came just as Rightmove reported that the suburb is Britain's happiest place to live. Evidently, this survey was done before the news broke that some chef from Jerusalem was about to turn up and shove handfuls of pine nuts down everyone's throat, because some quarters have been up in arms. One complainant wrote to the council with fears that Ottolenghi would "pump out into the evening dozens of people per night into an area that's already febrile".

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