I visited Bath in 1996. When we asked the hosts of our charming B & B for their recommendations for a good place to eat, they called a taxi and sent us to a fish place named “Toxique”. Imagine our surprise when we got there and we found that the restaurant was underground and built in an abandoned Roman sewer.
It had all been fixed up and painted chartreuse and other wild colors. Banquettes were built along the length of the drain, the tables were set with crisp white linen and fine crystal and silver, but the arched top of the original sewer and Roman stone work was still visible. The drain had been dug out and widened to make room for a kitchen, etc., and the floor leveled, but the dining area was definitely an old drain.
It was a very expensive restaurant, as I remember and it served only fish. THe combination of the sewer, the name “Toxique”, and the menu of “poisson” sort of set me back on my heels, but the food was good.
:’) Wow. Still, I’m a little jealous. :’)
LOL! That’s what the Brits like to call (and don’t think the Yanks can understand)....IRONY.
Toxique.
LOL!
Interesting - thanks for sharing.
BTW, did they have crappie on the menu?