Battersea Power Station Reopens: Here’s Where to Eat and Drink
It used to supply power for London. Now, servers in boiler suits can make you a cocktail in a new bar.
Boiler-suit clad bartenders from Control Room B stand in front of the revitalized Battersea power station in London.
Source: Control Room B
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Battersea Power Station has been sitting vacant on the south side of the Thames River for nearly 40 years, its brick building and smokestacks a pivotal part of the London skyline. The brutalist structure designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott—also responsible for London’s red phone boxes—once supplied a fifth of London’s power, including for Buckingham Palace, Carnaby Street, and Wimbledon. It’s been a backdrop to Pink Floyd’s Animals album and seen in such films as The King’s Speech, The Dark Knight, and Children of Men.