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The Former Hakkasan Hanway Place Is Becoming AJ Records, A New “Urban Culture Dining Club”

Hakkasan traded at 8 Hanway Place for 24 years, earning a Michelin star along the way, before closing in February 2025. Now the site is getting a very different second life as AJ Records, billed as London's first "Urban Culture Dining Club": a 160-cover southern French...

The Former Hakkasan Hanway Place Is Becoming AJ Records, A New “Urban Culture Dining Club”

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Hakkasan traded at 8 Hanway Place for 24 years, earning a Michelin star along the way, before closing in February 2025.

Now the site is getting a very different second life as AJ Records, billed as London's first "Urban Culture Dining Club": a 160-cover southern French...

It's the end of an era for one of Fitzrovia's most storied addresses.

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Hakkasan traded at 8 Hanway Place for 24 years, earning a Michelin star along the way, before closing in February 2025. Now the site is getting a very different second life as AJ Records, billed as London's first "Urban Culture Dining Club": a 160-cover southern French... It's the end of an era for one of Fitzrovia's most storied addresses.

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It's the end of an era for one of Fitzrovia's most storied addresses.

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