The legendary Gay Hsar rtrant gets a makeover | Fancial Tim

Contents:

• LAST ORRS AT THE GAY HSAR – THE LEFT’S HOTBED OF PLOTS, GOSSIP AND GOULASH
• GAY HSAR RTRANT DCH OLD-TIME SPICY GOSSIP FOR MORN SOHO VIBE
• THE LEGENDARY GAY HSAR RTRANT GETS A MAKEOVER
• LONDON’S GAY HSAR REOPENS AFTER TWO YEARS UNR A NEW NAME
• GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH
• GOODBYE GAY HSAR: SOHO RTRANT POPULAR WH LABOUR LEARS FALLY CLOS S DOORS
• SOHO RTRANT THE GAY HSAR IS SET TO CLOSE
• END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR
• END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR
• THE GAY HSAR'S SALE SHOULD TEACH TO E OR LOSE OUR FAVOURE RTRANTS
• END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR
• LONDON’S LEGENDARY HUNGARIAN RTRANT ‘GAY HSAR’ REOPENS UNR NEW NAME ‘NOBLE ROT’
• FIGHT TO SAVE THE INIC GAY HSAR
• GAY HSAR, AN INIC RTRANT LONDON, IS FOR SALE (DON’T MD THE FOOD)

LAST ORRS AT THE GAY HSAR – THE LEFT’S HOTBED OF PLOTS, GOSSIP AND GOULASH

The Gay Hsar is among the most celebrated rtrants London but s fame rts not so much on the qualy of s chilled wild-cherry soup and s goulash, but on s reputatn as the beatg heart of polil Hungarian rtrant the centre of Soho has played host to generatns of policians, many drawn om the left, cludg Anr Bevan, Michael Foot, Tom Driberg, Ian Mikardo and Barbara Castle.

“We believe now is the time to create a new Gay Hsar, and are talks wh possible partners who agree wh that this unique tablishment mt be saved, ” said the Goulash Co-operative’s spokman John Goodman. ”Sce 1953 the Gay Hsar has played host to generatns of policians, cludg Peter Manlson.

Sassie, who died 1999, sold the Gay Hsar to the Rtrant Partnership more than six s the tradnal r of the open-plan ground-floor rtrant and two crimson-hued private rooms – nnected by a narrow stairse – has barely changed, wh every space and surface stuffed wh books, ritur and pictur. Supporters of the Gay Hsar have already raised a large sum wh big and small donatns. ”The Gay Hsar’s general manager John Wrobel, who has led the roost there for more than 25 years, said: “This is the end of an era and a big shock for me personally.

GAY HSAR RTRANT DCH OLD-TIME SPICY GOSSIP FOR MORN SOHO VIBE

Goulash is once aga on the menu, but this time bbg shoulrs wh fe French and English-style okg rather than meat-heavy Hungarian classics – and paired wh some of the world’s ft than two years sce the legendary Gay Hsar London closed s doors, a new rtrant is openg on the se on 18 Septembenr new owners and wh a bold, ntemporary style that is more than jt a nod to s precsor’s illtr s heyday the Hungarian rtrant the centre of Soho was a hotbed of polil plottg, backstabbg, al-makg and gossip, when s fame rted not so much on the qualy of s menu – barely changed years – but on s reputatn as the beatg heart of polil openg 1953, the jewel-loured rooms adorned wh thick draped velvet curtas have played host to generatns of policians, many om the left, cludg Anr Bevan, Michael Foot, Tom Driberg, Ian Mikardo and Barbara Castle. The shelv which groaned wh polil tom are now lan wh okery books cludg Esffier’s Le Gui Culaire and guis to the world’s ft first-floor dg room is beg renamed The Rowson Sue to honour the role of polil rtoonist Mart Rowson as an enthiastic supporter of the Gay Hsar and an acerbic and irreverent chronicler of the changg face of Soho and polil famo gallery of 60-pl rtoons of the polil ele’s great and not-so-good – officially “on loan” – were hung wall-to-wall the downstairs dg room for many years, but have been languishg storage sce the rtrant’s closure June, who retas pyright, and prev owner Cos Hotels are unrstood to have recently agreed to donate the llectn to the Natnal Portra Gallery as an “absolute gift” new rtrant will stead display two dramatic new “triptych” patgs by Rowson.

THE LEGENDARY GAY HSAR RTRANT GETS A MAKEOVER

On one si Gay Hsar stalwarts Labour lear Michael Foot and Barbara Castle are pictured leavg the rtrant, while the morn-day versn chefs cludg Angela Hartt and Nigella Lawson are shown on Greek Street alongsi Amy Wehoe and, bizarrely, journalist Rod Liddle drag. Wrg about the rtrant’s new rnatn a recent issue of Noble Rot magaze, Guardian lumnist Suzanne Moore said: “I hope the sndals and plottg and affairs and appropriate behavur that characterised the old Gay Hsar will ntue.

LONDON’S GAY HSAR REOPENS AFTER TWO YEARS UNR A NEW NAME

The legendary Gay Hsar rtrant of SoHo, which featured thentic Hungarian dish, closed 2018, 65 years after s openg. Gay Hsar was opened 1953, wh a dark yet charmg terr, and two private rooms, which were the perfect spots for plottg, and the place quickly beme favoured by the lears of the Labour Party, as well as left-wg journalists and tellectuals.

The rtrant was not named after a gay valry soldier, but after Imre Kálmán’s world-famo operetta, tled The Gay Hsars English (Tatárjárás), which premiered Budapt 1908. At the time, gay meant happy and cheerful. Gay Hsar was closed 2018.

For nearly two s a seri of irreverent polil rtoons graced an entire wall of the celebrated Gay Hsar rtrant London’s Soho – a snapshot of Wtmster life that lighted tourists and regulars Michael Foot’s distctive whe trs to a glowerg Alastair Campbell, the 63 ritur of leadg polil figur drawn over lunch are now to be shared wh a wir dience, thanks to a jot gift to the Natnal Portra Gallery by their creator Mart Rowson and Cos Hotels, which ran the Soho tablishment until s closure June 2018. A new rtrant opened on the se September at the Gay Hsar 2007. ”For 65 years - sce openg 1953 until s closure 2018 – the Gay Hsar played host to generatns of policians, wrers and artists wh a Hungarian-style meaty menu that barely Gay Hsar Soho, London.

GAY HSAR ART: GRAN WHO STCK A POSE FOR A EE LUNCH

“The Gay Hsar drawgs follow the tradn of satiril riture portras of polics and social life tablished by artists such as Jam Gillray, who has over 800 works the llectn, ” he said. A Soho dg landmark that has been hostg generatns of gossipg Labour policians for more than 60 years clos s doors for good tonight after fallg victim to the cle of the long liquid Gay Hsar rtrant, which served Hungarian food, is renowned for regulars cludg former Labour lears Michael Foot and Gordon Brown as well as the party’s tans, such as Anr Bevan, Ian Mikardo, Roy Hattersley and Barbara Castle, and misters cludg Peter Manlson, Chris Smh and Alan Milburn. The Gay Hsar is also reputedly where Tony Blair was first persuad to n for Parliament and Tory “wets” plotted agast Margaret Thatcher.

GOODBYE GAY HSAR: SOHO RTRANT POPULAR WH LABOUR LEARS FALLY CLOS S DOORS

The Gay Hsar’s speciali clu smoked breast of goose and venison goulash, and is known for the dozens of Mart Rowson ritur of well-known policians and unn boss. ” Mr Seddon said the -operative had raised more than £150, 000 to take over the Gay Hsar lease for a possible relnch but “’s down to the landlords”.

”Figur expected to attend tonight’s closg party clu former Labour lear Lord Knock and former chat show host Sir Michael Parkson, who said: “The beatg heart of the Gay Hsar has a special place the social fabric of London. Soho rtrant the Gay Hsar which has been home to 65 years of Labour history and Wtmster plottg is set to close bee of a llapse alhol-fuelled polil lunchGay Hsar Soho has been a hotbed of polil plottg for s But the Greek Street rtrant has stggled as the polil lunch wan Owner Cos Hotels is expected to formally announce closure on June 21 Published: 15:29 BST, 27 May 2018 | Updated: 15:47 BST, 27 May 2018.

SOHO RTRANT THE GAY HSAR IS SET TO CLOSE

A Soho rtrant that has been the scene of 65 years of Labour party history and Wtmster history will close next month amid plungg lunchtime Gay Hsar is set not to survive an evolutn of Whehall culture that has seen sharp falls the number of long alhol-fuelled Hungarian rtrant was for s a favoure of senr Labour policians and hosted Michael Foot's 90th birthday at the height of the Blair s owner Cos Hotels has cid n no longer n the eccentric rtrant while bs rat and rents rise exorably.

The Gay Hsar will close on June 21 spe prottatns still do by tra the evengs, spe a llapse lunch bs. Soho rtrant the Gay Hsar that has been the scene of 65 years of Labour party history and Wtmster history will close next month amid plungg lunchtime traThe three-storey tablishment has already ped closure once when 2013 a group of 160 policians and lobby journalists mpaigned to save by formg a group lled the Goulash Co-operative. Spokman John Goodman said: 'We believe now is the time to create a new Gay Hsar, and are talks wh possible partners who agree wh that this unique tablishment mt be saved.

END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR

'Supporters of the Gay Hsar have already raised a large sum wh big and small donatns. 'The Gay Hsar's general manager John Wrobel, who has led the roost there for more than 25 years, said: 'This is the end of an era and a big shock for me personally. Last orrs at the Gay Hsar – the left’s hotbed of plots, gossip and goulash | Life and style | The Guardian.

John Wrobel, manager of the Gay Hsar Soho, which is set to close on June 21.

JOHN Wrobel, legendary manager of the Gay Hsar Soho for 25 years, was shed off his feet when I ught up wh him this week. The Gay Hsar.

END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR

My ty (and y, somewhat obssive) rner of the ter was howlg anguish on Friday as news filtered about the imment sale of The Gay Hsar rtrant. An approach cheerfully adopted by the lik of notor MP Tom Driberg, whose Gay Hsar antics clud tryg to rec Mick Jagger to standg for the Labour party an upstairs salon. Few have the rackety, polics-drenched louchens of The Gay Hsar however.

The Gay Hsar, one of London’s olst rtrant stutns — a venue popular among policians and polil satirists — closed last Thursday night. But perhaps the Gay Hsar’s most famo tale — at least recent history — is the one which stat that was there that a young Laboure lled Tony Blair was persuad to n for parliament 1982.

The legendary Hungarian rtrant London, Gay Hsar, named after Imre Kálmán’s world-famo operetta, The Gay Hsars (Tatárjárás), closed 2018. ’ Later, he opened Gay Hsar 1953. We’re lighted to announce that we have signed the papers allowg to bee the new ctodians of the historic Gay….

THE GAY HSAR'S SALE SHOULD TEACH TO E OR LOSE OUR FAVOURE RTRANTS

Gay Hsar was eventually acquired not by the Goulash Cooperative of regulars, but by two young London rtratrs, Dan Keelg and Mark Andrew, and reopened this tumn wh a new name, Noble Rot.

END OF SERVICE FOR THE GAY HSAR

Featured photo: Gay Hsar Facebook page. Gay Hsar rtuarant- a fight to save as is due to close June 21.

The news today that one of London’s inic rtuarants, the Gay Hsar, is closg on June 21 will be a talyst for a fight back.

LONDON’S LEGENDARY HUNGARIAN RTRANT ‘GAY HSAR’ REOPENS UNR NEW NAME ‘NOBLE ROT’

The planned closure of the Gay Hsar follows the disappearance of the Gran Paradiso Pimli and Luigis Aldwych.

“We learned a few days ago that Cos, the owners of the Gay Hsar, tend to close the rtrant some time the near future, spe still havg four years to n on the lease, which is held by Cos subsidiary The Rtrant Partnership (TRP). Our unrstandg is the long sufferg and loyal staff, who do so much to make the Gay Hsar what is, have already met wh HR managers. They told the buildg was not for sale but they exprsed tert offerg a new lease to ntue the operatn of the Gay Hsar, albe an upgrad form.

We would ask you to alert iends and fay to jo this great venture to keep the Gay Hsar and to velop further s enormo potential. 24, 2015LONDON — Even loyal fans of the Gay Hsar, a rtrant favored for s by London’s polil left, will acknowledge s a few adm that those clu the food. Lawmakers om the opposn Labour Party are exced when taken to the Gay Hsar, said Kev Maguire, associate edor of the left-leang Daily Mirror and a regular der, “but ually if they have never been there before.

FIGHT TO SAVE THE INIC GAY HSAR

”But now, the Gay Hsar is up for sale, and sudnly s supporters are legn. Elt have ded the Gay Hsar.

And, when a failed effort was ma to tempt a young Mick Jagger to Labour polics, was here that he was the Gay Hsar fell om favor the 1990s, when Tony Blair took the Labour Party rightward and his food-fashnista followers gravated to shier, smarter, somewhat healthier Gay Hsar has also suffered om the mise of a tradn of Brish polil journalism: the long, alhol-fueled lunch. ”But the polil lunch is not que ad yet, and those fightg to save clu Tom Watson, honorary print of the Goulash Cooperative and a proment Labour lawmaker, known for mpaigng agast phone-tappg by Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers and for champng the s of child sex abe well known is his nickname, “Tommy Two Dners, ” ed after a bibulo lunch at the Gay Hsar that somehow merged to dner. Watson Rowson said the Cooperative’s plans clud more e of the buildg’s upper floors for lerary and polil events, palizg on s unique Gay Hsar’s founr, Victor Sassie, died 1999 havg already sold .

GAY HSAR, AN INIC RTRANT LONDON, IS FOR SALE (DON’T MD THE FOOD)

” John Wrobel, manager of the Gay Hsar sce 1988, put more lorfully: the £500, 000 askg price would make enomic sense only “if the uncil also gave a license as a brothel, ” he Wrobel has served many proment policians.