Comments on: At Verdi’s https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: irene orsi nelson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1342313 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:49:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1342313 I relived my youth all over again with many tears and much love for my family of yesterday and to day they were brave and bold spirits. So proud to be one of the Orsi family.

]]> By: EJ Wilkinson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1219822 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:37:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1219822 We’ve just booked for tomorrow — thanks Gentle Author for encouraging us to try a new restaurant. We’re really forward!

]]> By: Dean Armond https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1219162 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:15:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1219162 I went there last night with friends and family and we had a wonderful time!

Friendly and efficient staff, a great menu and a lovely atmosphere.

We will definitely return.

]]> By: Amanda Root https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1203405 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 21:54:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1203405 Great interview, very rich memories. Reminds me that pleasure sometimes overrides all: one of my friends told me of her Italian Grandparents, living in East London, who used to make ice-cream for the shops like Harrods to sell in the West End. When conscription began for WW2, her relatives were excused, in order that they could carry on making ice-cream…

]]> By: Federico Bonfanti https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202961 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 07:47:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202961 W Verdi! Anch’io sono orgoglioso di esser un italiano di Londra.
La vostra ‘storia’ e’ da raccontare a tutti.
Grazie e Ciao.
Federico

]]> By: Phil Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202610 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:13:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202610 Fabulous! Next time in London we will stop by. I don’t know what Ada would say!

]]> By: Hilda Kean https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202322 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:23:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202322 A very interesting account of Italians in Clerkenwell being treated very differently in the Second World War. I was reminded in their comments of the late 1940s / 1950s visual images of the late Colin O’Brien who often photographed local Italians including their teenage children at the time.

]]> By: Dean Armond https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202287 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:59:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202287 A lovely article, a wonderful story, great photos and I will definitely be making a visit to Verdi’s!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202110 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:38:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202110 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a great story of Anna and Mimi Orsi and their family tradition in the restaurant business in London. Intriguing how they and their staff retain their youthful shape amidst these Italian delicacies.

I had to check out their website https://www.verdislondon.com/dinnermenu/

Wishing them all the best in this tough business …

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/03/at-verdis/#comment-1202108 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:30:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164584#comment-1202108 What an amazing story, and very heartwarming. I have great admiration for these two ladies, and long may Verdi’s thrive. It will be put on my list of places to eat!

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