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Mont Blanc Restaurant

 
 
Mont Blanc Restaurant Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018
1. Mont Blanc Restaurant Marker
Inscription. Site of the Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers, including Belloc, Chesterton, Conrad and Galsworthy met regularly in the early years of the 20th century.
 
Erected 2010 by City of Westminster.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the City of Westminster Green Plaques series list.
 
Location. 51° 30.703′ N, 0° 7.888′ W. Marker is in City of Westminster, England, in Greater London. It is on Gerrard Street just east of Wardour Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16 Gerrard Street, City of Westminster, England W1D 6JE, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within
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walking distance of this marker: Edmund Burke (within shouting distance of this marker); Penny Post (within shouting distance of this marker); Karl Marx (within shouting distance of this marker); The Club (within shouting distance of this marker); Johann Strauss I (within shouting distance of this marker); Former Wardour Street Clubs (within shouting distance of this marker); Pizza Express (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilfred Ernest Lytton Day (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in City of Westminster.
 
Also see . . .  Mont Blanc Restaurant (Wikipedia). "Mont Blanc Restaurant is a former restaurant in London where leading writers including Hilaire Belloc, GK Chesterton, Joseph Conrad and Galsworthy met regularly in the early years of the 20th century....It was closed in 1928." (Submitted on April 24, 2018.) 
 
Additional keywords. Soho
 
Mont Blanc Restaurant Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018
2. Mont Blanc Restaurant Marker - Wide View
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 24, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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