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# The Ivy and Abele Giandolini Standing at 1-5 West Street in the heart of London's West End, you're standing where Abele Giandolini—known affectionately to Londoners as "Monsieur Abel"—transformed a simple corner into one of the city's most legendary gathering places when he opened The Ivy as a ca...

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1-5 West Street, London, WC2H 9NQ

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The Ivy Abele Giandolini, "Monsieur Abel", opened The Ivy as a café on this site in 1917