St. John opened in 1994 in a former smoke house just north of Smithfield, the main meat market for London. Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver oversee a kitchen and restaurant that was awarded Best British Restaurant at The Evening Standard Awards and was recently placed at 10th in the Restaurant Magazine poll of the Worlds’ Top 50 Best Restaurants. Famed for it’s Nose to Tail Eating approach to cooking and preparing ingredients both the bar and dining room menu feature cuts of meat others may neglect. Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad and Rolled Pig’s Spleen & Bacon feature along with Roast Beef, Lemon Sole and vegetarian dishes. The bakery sells loaves from our Spitalfields bakery as well as baked goods and desserts, St. Johns Eccles Cakes being a specialty. The building now houses a bar, bakery, dining and dining room. Our British cuisine celebrates the best of indigenous produce, emphasizing the finest of what is in season at the appropriate time.

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