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How Notting Hill - London's original party zone - got its groove back ...
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Whether it’s the influx of cool, party types who make their way across the capital for Mark Ronson’s annual loft bash, the soon-coming Soho House at the old BBC TV Centre in White City or the opening of places like new members’ club, Laylow, west London feels more alive than it has in some time.
The former BBC TV Centre, left, where Soho House is setting up Having come of age on the social scene in Dalston and moving west five years ago, Casely-Hayford is familiar with what makes a party tick.
I think you can always judge an area by its house parties and a couple I’ve been to recently have been on the level of the ones I grew up with in east London — raw and a lot of fun.’
Even former east London girl Sharmadean Reid now lives just off Golborne Road, having been seduced by the area’s community feel.
West end girls: Shrimps’ Hannah Weiland (Nick Harvey/REX/Shutterstock) ‘There have been a lot of openings recently that mean you can afford to go out for dinner and drinks in the area and it’s not going to cost you £80 a head,’ says Matt Paice, owner of Killer Tomato, another much talked about destination (tacos, burritos) that recently opened on Portobello Road.
Laura Bailey shares her little black book of London and beyond ...
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The Smith Whistle bar at Sheraton Grand London Park Lane is perfectly placed for a West End drink - or the Royal Academy.
Kyoto Garden in Holland Park(Gareth Richman) The Kyoto Garden in Holland Park... occasional stolen matinees at The Gate cinema... the Photographers' Gallery in Soho (I'm a patron) and the wonderful basement bookshop... Heywood Hill antique books in Mayfair... and the upstairs terrace at 5 Hertford St. If you’re eating in, where do you buy food?
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Laura is part of Sheraton Grand London Park Lane’s Our Mayfair campaign, a series of three conversations with local businesses, unveiling the history and heritage of Mayfair, along with the best spots for shopping and dining #OurMayfair