Hospitality is a turbulent business and never more so than in 2023. Yet select restaurants manage to thrive, not for a year or five but many, many decades. Think of institutions including The Ritz, the seemingly immortal Bentley’s or Le Gavroche, but also once-scrappy upstarts, such as Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant (established in 1975), Northcote (1984) or Le Champignon Sauvage (1987).
Which of our current faves will endure in that way? It’s an intriguing question. To celebrate Olive’s 20th anniversary, we gazed into our crystal ball and, with a panel of industry experts, predict 20 restaurants we think could rock it for another 20 years – to 2043 and beyond.
MÝSE, HOVINGHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Having proven their chops at York’s Le Cochon Aveugle, the
