BIG EASY
12 Maiden Lane London WC2E 7NA Tel: 0203 728 4888
FOOD Four Stars
VALUE Two Stars
ATMOSPHERE Three Stars
Cost for two with two: £150
Masses of lobster at Big Easy’s crab shack
Big Easy, a new place just off the Strand near Covent Garden, calls
itself a crab shack. It says so in massive letters outside. But, really,
it’s the opposite of a crab shack. It may have pallets hanging from the
ceiling and wooden boards nailed to the walls, but it’s the kind of
cavernous venue you could imagine Carl Cox playing in the 1990s. It’s
held together with bricks, steel and a firm business plan – one that
seems to be working, given this is Big Easy’s second iteration, the
first being on the King’s Road.
The Big Deal Package Gift Certificate
Colossal five to six pound live lobster.
Includes a steel cracker, fork, wetnap, and bib wrapped in a fine red and white checkered napkin.
The last time I ventured to Covent Garden for food – a path strewn with shattered dreams, tourists and, if you’re there at the weekend, piles of sick – I ended up in another American-style place called Joe’s Southern Kitchen, which wasn’t very good at all. And, honestly, I wasn’t expecting much more from Big Easy, especially as I wasn’t drinking, which makes eating out, and life in general, about 400 times less fun.Continue reading
No comments:
Post a Comment