De Hems
De Hems is a
frikandellen.[2]
It is on the site of the Horse & Dolphin
It was patronised by Oranjeboom each year.[citation needed]
In the early 20th century, literary figures such as
In 1959, it was renamed De Hems in honour of the captain and then, in the 1960s, it became popular with
Rolling Stones.[12] At the turn of the new century, the venue hosted a comedy club — the Oranje Boom-Boom Cabaret — which included the debut of The Mighty Boosh.[17]
However, the 1951-52
Good Food Guide calls the restaurant De Hems earlier than 1959. Its entry reads: "Good English cooking in a restaurant lined with oyster shells. Choose shellfish when you can. Zealous manager, reasonable prices; wine slow in arriving, from a good and cheap list."[18]
In the early 21st century, De Hems was popular as a place to celebrate and follow the successful
2010 World Cup, hundreds of fans had to be turned away and manager Sian Blair had to hire a security staff of seven bouncers for the occasion. The upstairs and downstairs bars each accommodated a hundred cheerful revellers for these big matches.[19]
In July 2015, the venue began hosting a new comedy club, Linde Boom Boom Comedy Night,.
References
- ^ De Hems returning to its Dutchness, Evening Standard, 3 December 2007, archived from the original on 6 June 2011
- ^ Graham Pond (2005), London by London, p. 67
- ISBN 9780300221978
- ISBN 978-0-289-70703-6
- ^ Gillian Bebbington (1972), London street names, p. 177
- ^ Lieut. Col Nathaniel Newnham-Davis (1914), The gourmet's guide to London, p. 48
- ^ Lisa Mullen (22 January 2007), 50 best West End pubs, Time Out, archived from the original on 10 September 2009
- ^ Michael Jackson, Frank Smyth (1976), The English pub, p. 41
- ^ Arthur Calder-Marshall (1968), Prepare to shed them now: the ballads of George R. Sims, p. 43
- ^ Leopold Wagner (1925), More London inns and taverns, p. 75
- ^ Basil Dean (1970), Seven ages: an autobiography, 1888-1927, p. 148
- ^ a b Andrew Loog Oldham (2000), Stoned, p. 183
- ^ Ed Glinert (2003), The London compendium: exploring the hidden metropolis, p. 184
- ^ Richard Tames (1998), A traveller's history of London, p. 210
- ^ Patrick Seale, Maureen McConville (1973), Philby: the long road to Moscow, p. 173
- ^ Carinthia West (9 August 1992), "How We Met: Georgie Fame and Alan Price", The Independent, no. 46
- ^ Richard de Clare (2002), Night Out in London, p. 44
- ^ Postgate, Raymond (1951). Good Food Guide, 1951-1952. London: Cassell & Co. p. 187.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Simon Briggs (12 July 2010), "World Cup final: Holland fans just follow the Orange trail to watch the final in London", The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 15 July 2010
External links
Media related to De Hems at Wikimedia Commons