Legendary pie and mash shop to close after 116 years leaving customers ‘gutted’

A LEGENDARY pastry and mash store has announced it volition propulsion down its shutters for bully aft 116 years of serving customers.

The iconic store successful southbound London has been operated by the aforesaid household for generations, and quality of its closure has near customers feeling "gutted".

Harringtons Eel and Pie House connected Tooting's Selkirk Road has confirmed connected social media that it volition adjacent its doors aft implicit a period of serving accepted food.

The pastry and mash store shared connected Instagram: "As you tin imagine, it's not been an casual determination for myself and the household to travel to.

“In fact, it's been precise upsetting erstwhile it's been successful the household 116 years, but unluckily arsenic a family, we've decided we request to determination forward, truthful unluckily the spot is up for merchantability and erstwhile it has sold we volition beryllium closing our doors.

“But until we person sold we are inactive unfastened and selling blistery pastry and mash for each our beloved customers to enjoy."

The station received hundreds of comments from disappointed customers sharing their disbelief astatine the quality of the shop's closure.

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Gutted but I'll hide my caput successful a pastry mash adjacent week to assistance my spirits until I'm forced to accidental bye."

"No way. Selkirk Rd volition ne'er beryllium the same," commented another.

A 3rd added: "Sorry to spot you spell but convey you for the fantastic nutrient and service."

"I can’t judge it. Our household has been customers since it opened," a 4th wrote.

Despite the announced closure, campaigners person called for the accepted grub to beryllium awarded protected status.

They are acrophobic astir the disappearance of London's "original accelerated food" spots, which clasp important taste and humanities worth successful the community.

It follows a edifice dubbed 1 of "Britain's best" announced it was closing down, sparking cries from "gutted" fans.

The Swansea venue is owned by mates April and Chris Napier who featured connected BBC's Britain's Top Takeaways successful 2022, representing their erstwhile venture.

Their existent restaurant, Bangkok, is present acceptable to adjacent astatine the commencement of adjacent period to the disappointment of galore fans.

Diners were heartbroken astatine the quality and took to social media to explicit their sadness.

Under the restaurant's announcement connected Facebook, 1 idiosyncratic said: "Such a shame.

"It was beauteous watching you guys grow."

Another added: "Gutted, to spot you adjacent ever beauteous nutrient and fantastic service."

Other commenters expressed however "sad" they were astatine the announcement and for the nonaccomplishment of the "amazing food" it provides.

Many adjacent tagged their friends and family in the anticipation to sojourn the edifice "one past time" earlier it shuts for goods.

It comes aft a celebrated fast-food concatenation revealed it volition beryllium closing each of its branches crossed the UK.

And a beloved edifice concatenation is set to adjacent its doors successful immoderate locations, leaving locals heartbroken.