Bardsley's ofBaker Street

Ben Bardsley, a Lancashire blacksmith, opened the fish and chip shop on Baker Street in 1926, and the shop's own telling counts four generations of family running since — a century of fried fish this year, which for a chippy is dynastic. The Guardian placed it among the country's twenty best in 2022, and the room still splits the old way: takeaway counter at the front, proper sit-down dining room behind, tea in pots. The guide notes that recent press and the shop's own account differ on who exactly holds the fryers today — recorded plainly, checked next pass — while the queue, indifferent to corporate history, forms as usual.