The Guide has seen many restaurants come and go in its seven decades. And in a year that is proving to be a challenging one for the hospitality industry, with a raft of independent restaurant closures, we’ve taken a look at those who have stayed the course with tenacity. We’ve highlighted current Guide-listed restaurants that have been doing business for 20 years or more. Qualification for this list is that the restaurant has had the same owner/chef since opening, or has been passed down through the same family.
In compiling the list we discovered that Talbooth in Essex, owned by the Milsom family since 1952, has been in business almost as long as The Good Food Guide (1951), that chefs Sally Clarke, Clarke’s, London, and Raymond Blanc, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxfordshire, celebrate 40 years in 2024, and the Stein family’s Seafood Restaurant in Padstow will celebrate 50 years in 2025.
