Borough Market is back, busy and buzzing as Londoners flock to eat, drink and show solidarity
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Borough Market was even busier and more bustling than usual last night as Londoners came out to eat, drink and show solidarity on the day it reopened, less than a fortnight after the London Bridge terror attack.
“It’s like a street party,” said Ben Wright, one of the founders of Stoney Street’s Wright Brothers oyster bar. “Everyone is out in the street eating and drinking doing what they’ve always done at Borough. This has really brought everyone together.”
Several traders spoke of it feeling more like a typically packed Saturday than a weekday market.
Caroline Aherne of Free From Bakehouse said: “What was really touching was that so many people came up, existing customers and people who had just come for the first time, saying we’re so glad you’re here, we want to support you.”
The Red Cross were also out in force, collecting money for the UK Solidarity Fund.
Later on, people came for post-work drinks with large groups from their offices, overflowing from The Wheatsheaf and Market Porter pubs.
Others packed into the area’s restaurants for dinner, with Wright Brothers, El Pastor and Elliot’s among those enjoying a full house.
James Walters, founder of Arabica Bar & Kitchen, which is serving a special London Courage cocktail to raise funds for the Borough Market relief fund, said: “It’s a way of saying, we won’t forget but we are moving on”.
He added: “It’s like the healing process is beginning for everyone.”
Welcome back, Borough.
