Granita (restaurant)

Granita was a restaurant at number 127 Upper Street in Islington.[1][2] It was founded in the early 1990s by Vicky Leffman. Its decor was bright and light with a Scandinavian style of pale wood.[3] Its cuisine was modern British, fusing classic dishes such as mussels with exotic ingredients such as lemongrass.[4]

For other uses, see Granita (disambiguation).
Granita
Desperados restaurant (formerly Granita) in 2009
Restaurant information
Established1990s
Closed2003
Previous owner(s)Hüseyin Özer
Food type
Street address127 Upper Street
CityIslington, London
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5388°N 0.1025°W / 51.5388; -0.1025

It was the setting for the Blair-Brown deal between the then shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair and the then shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, in 1994.[5][6]

The restaurant was sold to Hüseyin Özer's Sofra group in 2002 but then closed in 2003, being replaced by a Tex-Mex restaurant called Desperados.[1][2][7][8] When Desperados moved to number 67 in 2013, the premises was then converted to become an estate agent.[9]

See also

References
  1. Watt, Nicholas (26 September 2003). "Granita's gone. Can the deal live on?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. Peachey, Paul (26 September 2003). "Legendary Granita restaurant closes down". The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. "Restaurant spy: Granita", Evening Standard, 13 December 2002
  4. Jay Rayner (1 October 2000), "Sound Bites", The Observer
  5. McGreevy, Ronan (6 June 2003). "The pact that put Blair in charge". The Times. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  6. Akbar, Arifa (6 June 2003). "Granita, a byword for the pact that has hung over New Labour for a decade". The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  7. David Harris (31 January 2002), Granita restaurant sold
  8. Muir, Hugh (11 May 2007). "Tex-mex table for one awaits Gordon Brown". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  9. Imogen Blake (20 March 2013), "Piece of Labour history lost as Blair and Brown's Granita pact restaurant is plastered over", Islington Now
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