On Westbourne Grove, there’s an Austrian basement bar and restaurant run by a man called Josef Friedmann. This is the Tiroler Hut, found in that debaucherous part of west London between Paddington and Notting Hill.
Friedmann opened in 1967, in the same year as the soon-to-close Le Gavroche arrived on the scene. But this Austrian enclave is much less famous. Which is a shame. Because it’s glorious. In 2019, much to regulars’ dismay, the premises closed after a fire. But a few months ago they quietly relaunched, joyous and Alpine once more, a place for tankards of Stiegl beer (£7), bottles of Riesling (£31) and never-ending shots of apricot schnapps (£6).
