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7.
June
2017.
Clerkenwell renaissance led by sophisticated restaurant
 

 the eye of a renaissance vortex, Farringdon glitters on the city’s fringe.  Having enjoyed modish gentrification in recent years, this part of Clerkenwell is where city slickers and creative professionals hang out within an historically rich, hip urban village.

Riding the wave of this revival is an elegant new eatery known as The Localist, http://thelocalist.london at 38-42 St John Street EC1M, which in just 6 weeks since opening, has ignited new energy and fresh expectations to a burgeoning restaurant scene.