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    Inside Gordon Ramsay’s ‘idea of hell’ as £13 million gastropub is turned into art gallery by squatters

    by Barney Davis Apr 15, 2024 4 minutes
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    Gordon Ramsay’s actual idea of hell may be fully realised after squatters took over his former Grade II-listed restaurant transforming it into a cafe and art gallery to welcome “the victims of gentrification”.

    The former York & Albany, near London’s Regent’s Park, now offers drawing classes and pasta rather than the unlimited pizza buffets the angry celebrity chef offered before closing its doors in March.

    When The Independent visited on Monday for a “Paint N’ Chinwag” session open to all-comers, one of the squatters was stocking up with paints, canvases and felt tips.

    The York & Albany pub near Regent's Park, London. Squatters have taken over the Gordon Ramsay pub which is currently up for sale with a guide price of £13 million (PA)

    One of the activists points at a mound of sprouting potatoes lying in boxes on the front porch, “We put them out they are free to anyone

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