2 Turnham Green Terrace
W4 1QP
020 8994 5202
Where else to start but Foubert's? It's where we used to stop for lunch when house-hunting in 1991. Back then it was situated around the corner, on the site now occupied by High Road House.
Luciano and Maria opened the first Foubert's in Foubert's Place off Carnaby Street in 1973 (according to TwentySomethingLondon) before moving to Chiswick in 1978. Ten years ago Ant and Dec took Soho House founder Nick Jones to the old Cellar Bar and he persuaded them to sell up, so they took their booths and furniture to the present site on Turnham Green Terrace.
Maria has watched thousands of Chiswick children grow up over the past 30 years, including our own. The menu has probably not changed in that time. Pasta dishes (starting at £6.50) are always a reliable option.
But it's the ice-cream that Foubert's is best known for. While a queue outside Macken's merely tells you that it's open, a queue outside Foubert's is the first sign of summer. There are more than 20 flavours, ranging from the traditional choc/van/straw to the unfeasibly blue 'blue banana' (which our youngest daughter invariably combines with mint choc chip).
Food (for 4): £30.65
Drink: £6.10
Total: £40
W4 1QP
020 8994 5202
Where else to start but Foubert's? It's where we used to stop for lunch when house-hunting in 1991. Back then it was situated around the corner, on the site now occupied by High Road House.
Luciano and Maria opened the first Foubert's in Foubert's Place off Carnaby Street in 1973 (according to TwentySomethingLondon) before moving to Chiswick in 1978. Ten years ago Ant and Dec took Soho House founder Nick Jones to the old Cellar Bar and he persuaded them to sell up, so they took their booths and furniture to the present site on Turnham Green Terrace.
Maria has watched thousands of Chiswick children grow up over the past 30 years, including our own. The menu has probably not changed in that time. Pasta dishes (starting at £6.50) are always a reliable option.
But it's the ice-cream that Foubert's is best known for. While a queue outside Macken's merely tells you that it's open, a queue outside Foubert's is the first sign of summer. There are more than 20 flavours, ranging from the traditional choc/van/straw to the unfeasibly blue 'blue banana' (which our youngest daughter invariably combines with mint choc chip).
Food (for 4): £30.65
Drink: £6.10
Total: £40
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