We did want to go to Chelsea
A couple of weeks back I and writer Teddy Jamieson strolled the length of the King’s Road for his piece on the thoroughfare for the Herald Scotland.
It was fun, though sobering when we reflected that The Pheasantry – once a creative hub where Germaine Greer wrote The Female Eunuch and Eric Clapton shared a flat with Oz artist Martin Sharp – is a branch of Pizza Express while the site of The Chelsea Drugstore (scene of a Rolling Stones’ lyric and set for A Clockwork Orange record shop) has long been occupied by MacDonald’s.
We ended up having a bite at Mona Lisa, which is still the unpretentious caff of old. Back down the road The Picasso – where I interviewed such contributors to The Look as Richard Young – looks set to reopen with a 21st century refurb (though they have resurrected the famous neon sign). Wonder whether it will retain the character of yore?
You can read Teddy’s feature here.