London restaurant famed as 80s celebrity haunt has been battered by Covid pandemic

Langan’s Brasserie, the London restaurant once co-owned by the actor Michael Caine and famous as a 1980s celebrity haunt frequented by diners as diverse as Princess Margaret, Muhammad Ali and Mick Jagger, is teetering on the brink of administration.

Up to 100 jobs are at risk at the brasserie, which was opened in 1976 by Caine, and the restaurateur and bon viveur Peter Langan.

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