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The original Brown’s
Not many will know or remember that Brown’s used to be an iconic restaurant. It was started by Jeremy Mogford in the 70’s with the first brasserie in Brighton. I lived there then and Brown’s was the place to be. Great atmosphere, food service and legendary chocolate cake and steak and kidney pie. Then the Oxford one came along - equally lovely. Full of energy, spilling out on to the Woodstock road, always struggled to get a table, but it was always worth it. Then more and more opened up, it got sold off to a brewery and the brand disappeared. All that atmosphere and great value became a corporate sludge of poor food, poor service, and bland decor. The Ruislip one is a travesty. There’s no Brown’s left any more. I assume Mogford is just counting his pennies but it’s a sad sign of the times.