When did we stop drinking at working lunches?Even sandwich meetings used to come with wine — then the Americans arrivedYour next business lunch could be in the countrysideFor some, meeting in the City is almost as outdated as wearing a tieSecrets of the ‘set lunch’ success storyIt takes a lot of skill and a bit of sneakiness to make good food so cheap The FT’s favourite business lunch restaurants in London17 venues in and around the City worth rescheduling your 2pm for, and the best tables at eachThe maître d’ at the legendary Le Caprice tells allJesus Adorno’s memories from almost four decades of ego management, extreme discretion and Princess DianaLunchtime gossip used to fuel the City. It’s time for a comebackLack of time, elbow room and alcohol have created a problem in the world’s business capitalsMore from this SeriesSweetings, London: long live the City’s last canteen — reviewLondon’s ‘room where it happens’ looks like a Victorian waiting room crossed with an officers’ messThe history of the power lunch, without menIn the golden age of midday hedonism, some sisters were doing it for themselvesThe FT foreign correspondents’ guide to business dining around the world The top tables for breaking bread and sealing deals in great global cities
When did we stop drinking at working lunches?Even sandwich meetings used to come with wine — then the Americans arrivedYour next business lunch could be in the countrysideFor some, meeting in the City is almost as outdated as wearing a tieSecrets of the ‘set lunch’ success storyIt takes a lot of skill and a bit of sneakiness to make good food so cheap The FT’s favourite business lunch restaurants in London17 venues in and around the City worth rescheduling your 2pm for, and the best tables at eachThe maître d’ at the legendary Le Caprice tells allJesus Adorno’s memories from almost four decades of ego management, extreme discretion and Princess DianaLunchtime gossip used to fuel the City. It’s time for a comebackLack of time, elbow room and alcohol have created a problem in the world’s business capitalsMore from this SeriesSweetings, London: long live the City’s last canteen — reviewLondon’s ‘room where it happens’ looks like a Victorian waiting room crossed with an officers’ messThe history of the power lunch, without menIn the golden age of midday hedonism, some sisters were doing it for themselvesThe FT foreign correspondents’ guide to business dining around the world The top tables for breaking bread and sealing deals in great global cities
