The exterior of the newly re-opened Kit Cat Restaurant, formerly the Kit Cat Club, at 50 Haymarket

Date:
1927 - 1931
Location:
Kit Cat Restaurant, 50 Haymarket, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority
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Kit Cat Club, 50 Haymarket, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
AAA01/02/012
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Kit Cat Club was located in the basement of the Capitol Cinema at 50 Haymarket and was one of the most famous London nightclubs in the 1920s. After being closed down in December 1926, it was reopened in October of the following year under the new name, the Kit Cat Restaurant. The restaurant closed for a second time in 1931, this time due to financial pressures, but reopened again two months later, under new management.

In 1935 the Capitol Cinema was redeveloped and it took over the premises of the club.

Content

This is part of the Series: AAA01/02 Leonard G Allen and Gordon F Allen Collection: Photographs; within the Collection: AAA01 Leonard G Allen and Gordon F Allen Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Newbery, Sydney Walter

Keywords

Early 20th Century Restaurant, Early 20th Century Nightclub