Chris D’Sylva, the man behind the Notting Hill Fish Shop and now new bistro Dorian, is remembering what it was about W11 that drew him to the area in the first place.
“Look, back in the 2000s, on any given Thursday, Friday or Saturday night, I could walk down the road and pop into all these house parties without knowing anyone,” he says with a chuckle. “It was this great, open, useful area to be in.” He takes an uncharacteristic pause. “And then 2008 happened, all this banker money moved in, which made it unaffordable for the kids to come. So there was this migration of youth and creativity from west to east.”
