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More was a small cafe/restaurant on Tooley Street near the [[Locale More London|More London]] development and [[London Bridge Station]]. It closed at the beginning of August 2010 "for staff holidays", and never reopened. As of early 2012, the premises are occupied by a Vietnamese place called [http://www.velorestaurant.com/ Velo]; see [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/838154 Chowhound thread]. The information below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like. <div class="old_info"> Small cafe/restaurant on Tooley Street near the [[Locale More London|More London]] development and [[London Bridge Station]], opened in May 2009. It's run by the people who started up the [[Real Greek, SW15 1SP|Real Greek]] and [[Livebait, SE1 8LF|Livebait]] chains. The decor is modern and fresh-looking, with white walls set off by a deep-red floor and a purple ceiling. The chairs are made from see-through red plastic. There are 10 high seats at the bar, and about 20 seats at normal tables. Samples of the day's dishes are displayed in the window <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3576530145/ photo]</small>. We've only been for lunch so far, but it is open in the evenings too. The lunch menu <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3576523279/sizes/l/ photo]</small> isn't divided into starters or mains, and is slightly confusing at first glance. Our best guess is that it's arranged in order of lighter (marinated olives, £3) to heartier (ribeye steak, £15.20) with a couple of side dishes at the end. Filtered water (both still and sparkling) is offered free of charge, and there's also a wine list with a couple of dozen choices, many available by the glass. [[Kake]] and [[bob]] visited for a late lunch on a Friday in May 2009, just over a week after they first opened. It was empty apart from staff when we arrived a little after 2pm, but shortly after we were seated a table of four arrived who seemed to already be regulars. Music was playing, but fairly quietly. [[bob]] had the devilled crab (£7.90) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3576493941/ photo]</small>, accompanied by some new potatoes with lemon and mint butter (£3.50), while [[Kake]] went for the artichoke and goat cheese salad (£6.40) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3577318336/ photo]</small>. The artichoke and goat cheese salad was great; the use of fresh herbs was just right, the pine nut dressing worked well, and it all just went together very well. [[bob]] finished with a slice of banana and date streusel (£4), which he seemed to enjoy. [[secretlondon]] visited in June 2009, also for lunch. I had the polenta <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/3614802234 photo]</small>, the chocolate dropata <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/3613984387 photo]</small> and a bottle of lime crush. I had a 50% off voucher, but my final bill would have been £21 at full price. It was very nice but too expensive for lunchtime passing trade, I think. It's more expensive than the other lunchtime places in the area and seems to see itself as "foody" rather than an office worker drop in. [[secretlondon]] has since been back for takeaways through the hatch onto the street. I find their coffee is so-so but their sandwiches (about £4) and cake-of-the-days are lovely (£2 ish), and probably the best in the area. They do a meal deal for lunch which is a drink such as freshly squeezed orange juice, a sandwich or a salad and fruit salad for £6 ish. [[secretlondon]] has had this a lot. Accessibility: Can't remember if there was a step to get in, but the toilets are down a steep set of stairs with a sturdy handrail on both sides. See also: * [http://twitter.com/moremenu More on Twitter] * [http://www.doshermanos.co.uk/2009/05/more-is-more.html Dos Hermanos review] * [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant-317377-details/More/restaurantReview.do Evening Standard review] * [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews/the-guru-of-greek-food-is-back-with-a-morningtillnight-menu-ndash-and-he-hasnt-stopped-microblogging-about-it-1702037.html Independent on Sunday review] * [http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/food/article.html?The_menu_is_simply_More-ish&in_article_id=726235&in_page_id=26 Metro review] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/22258.html Time Out review] * [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/636655 Chowhound thread] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/13/more-tooley-street-london-review Jay Rayner's review in the Observer] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/26/more-london-se1-restaurant-review Matthew Norman's review in the Guardian] * [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews/more-104-tooley-street-london-se1-1895465.html Toby Young's review in the Independent] * [http://www.londonelicious.com/dining/2010/07/more-tower-bridge.html Londonelicious review] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], May 2010. Opening hours taken from the More website, December 2009.</div> </div>
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