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TheGeorge and Vulture is arestaurant in London. There has been an inn on the site, which is offLombard Street in the historicCity of London district, since 1142.[1] It was said to be a meeting place of the notoriousHellfire Club and has long been a revered Citychop house.
It is mentioned at least 20 times[2] in the 1837 novelThe Pickwick Papers byCharles Dickens, who frequently drank there himself. The George and Vulture has been the headquarters of the City Pickwick Club since its foundation.[3] When it was threatened with demolition,Cedric Charles Dickens, the author's great-grandson, campaigned to save it.[1] Since 1950 it has been the home of his Dickens Pickwick Club and, in the same year, it became the venue for theChristmas DayDickens family gathering, in the Dickens Room.[4]
The George and Vulture was praised inGood Food Guide to London, 1968, as a "rare example of an old Citychop-house."[5] By that date, if not earlier, the establishment was celebrated for its Pickwick Pudding that sold in 1968 for twelve shillings sixpence but only on Thursday during oyster season. A recipe for said pudding was published in the 1968 Recipes from Restaurants in the Good Food Guide. Essentially, it was asteak and kidney pudding served with oysters poached in their own liquor and served separately.[6]
The George and Vulture is aGrade II listed building, dating back to the early 18th century.[7] It is now run bySamuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster).[8][9][10]
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