With pubs and restaurants reopening for outdoor service tomorrow, the long months of biding their time come to an end – at least for those lucky enough to have a booking. He said: ‘There will be many of us who can’t or don’t like to travel, so why not bring a seaside holiday destination to Central London. Despite having just two outside tables, the family-run Enoteca Turi – an Italian restaurant in Pimlico, Central London, which counts Sir Michael Caine and Lord Lloyd-Webber among its clientele – is also reopening. There are around 45,000 pubs in England and 43 per cent of them have an outdoor area of some kind. Around seven million shoppers are expected to descend on high streets across EnglandOver the weekend, major retailers have been arranging window displays and putting the finishing touches in place.

Source: The Nation April 11, 2021 07:52 UTC