Prady balan biography definition
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Balans is a storied name among Soho restaurants and almost synonymous with Old Compton Street. The original owners Sally & Prady Balan and Charles Cotton set up a late night café at 34 Old Compton Street in 1987, and in 1990 David Taylor joined when Charles moved to New York.
Prady balan biography definition
This was an interesting time in Soho which I remember well, having bought a flat just off Dean Street in the mid-1990s. I was splitting time between London and New York, and when Balans opened up a larger venue at No.60 it was the first place that reminded me of the New York Brasserie, L’Odeon, which was opposite my place in Tribeca.
All day and most of the night food and drink, a mix of gay, straight, the simply confused and the seriously beautiful. This was London emerging into the fun of the last few decades from its previous pallor.
To put it in context, the Porn Star Martini was popularised in No.60 following its invention by Douglas Ankrah, a legendary bartender at near neighbour Lab on Old Compton