Comments on: London’s Bloom’s is finished…bollocks!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:48:36 +0000

My wife and I ate at Blooms in 1979 while on our honeymoon in London….how sad!

By: aalevy

aalevy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:06:39 +0000

My wife and I ate their in 1965. I enjoyed it at that time. We returned many years later only to be disappointed in that it had closed in White Chapel. I am very sad to hear that it has now closed completely in Golder’s Green. A real loss to history.

By: Stu Shiffman

Stu Shiffman — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:40:42 +0000

How sad — I ate at the Whitechapel location in the 1970s after a study abroad trip in Israel and while not phenomenal was still a lovely thing after a summer of falafel and hummus.

Later during that trip in London, I was enjoying the non-Jewish joint at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand and overheard a British lady complaining that no one made tscholent or tsimmes anymore.

By: Simon Albury

Simon Albury — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:07:49 +0000

Blooms really died in 2007 when new management took over and the place was redecorated. The service was dire and the cooking had declined. Below are links to a photo to Bloom’s most famous waiter, Leon, and the old Blooms and the Old Blooms Facebook page.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon1944/25310966/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon1944/25310965/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220960650

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:11:29 +0000

As a child living in London Blooms was a treat I cherished. What a shame.

By: ari clark

ari clark — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:30:05 +0000

Having left England for The USA in 2000 I have always promised my american wife that we would visit Blooms on a trip to the UK . I have fond memories of living in Tower hamlets and making my way to Blooms each day for lunch . My mouth still waters when i think of the salt beef. I suppose it’s just another piece of our Jewish heritage that has slipped by us . Just look at Brick Lane how that has become a Muslim Enclave . Sad days Ari

By: Mr Jeremy Haines

Mr Jeremy Haines — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:51:18 +0000

Hi used to go to WhiteChapel Blooms in late 1980s and also went the Goldersgreen Blooms also i loved the food everthing about Blooms and i knew Jonathan Tapper from the Golders Green Blooms

By: amy

amy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:40:26 +0000

I always knew my grandfather had been born in London and came to the States when he was 4.
After traveling aorund England and Europe for a while,I ended up living in London.And then I got a copy of his birth certificate and went to see if I could find where his family was living when he was born.
Imagine how surprised a nice jewish maidelah from Queens County N.Y. was to realize that where Grandpa Ben was born at 91 Whitechapel High Street was right next door to Bloom’s!
And I still have the postcard of it I sent to my parents,with a little arrow drawn in the corner ,pointing to grandpa’s house!
But N.Y. corned beef(salt beef) was and is way better than theirs!!!!!!!!!

By: Charles S.P. Jenkins

Charles S.P. Jenkins — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:10:33 +0000

I was born in Whitechapel in 1943 and went to the Whitechapel Road branch many, many times. I was sad when this shop closed and now I am even sadder to learn that the Golders Green has gone. This is a NATIONAL tragedy and heartbreaking for us who looked forward to noshing at the establishment whenever we came to London. And please tell Amy that the SALT BEEF at the original Bloom was wonderful and could have stood up to anything in New York City - Brooklyn, Queens or in Manhattan!

By: Geraldine Markel

Geraldine Markel — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:09:11 +0000

I’m trying to locate anyone in the family of original owners. My grandmother’s name was Cissie Kersh Handleman. there was a Cyril Kersh who was a newspaper person who is deceased and a Gerald Kersh, an author, also deceased. Any tips on how to locate someone in the family?
Thank you and best regards, Geri

By: Mark Merrian

Mark Merrian — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:29:17 +0000

The original Blooms was not on Whitechapel Road. It was on the corner of Wentworth Street and Brick Lane. The iron sign hanging on the south east corner said “Buy Blooms Best Beef”. Only one large letter B was used for all the alliterative words .I first saw this sign in 1930. I have lived in America for 71 years but I will never forget Blooms.

By: Mark Merrian

Mark Merrian — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:39:56 +0000

The orignal Blooms was not on Whitechapel Road. It was on the south east corner of Wentworth Street and Brick Lane. I first saw the iron sign reading “Buy Blooms Best Beef” in 1930. Only one large letter B was used in front of these four alliterative words. I have lived in America for 71 years but I will never forget Blooms

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:55:10 +0000

Does anyone know what happened to Leon?

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:38:16 +0000

I recall every trip to London in the 80’s and 90’s our first lunch was always a trip to Blooms, and see our waiter Lou, who’s son lived in Washington DC.
I do miss those great lunches…

By: Ken Reeves

Ken Reeves — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:07:34 +0000

For Geraldine Markel who wanted any news of
Bloom famliy.
The Bloom I knew was ‘Dickie’ Bloom, nephew of Gerald & Cryil Kersh. Dickie Bloom’s Mum & Dad ran Blooms Deli in Soho, His mother was sister of Gerrald and Cryil Kersh.
Dickie and I were RAF National Service men in the 49/50’s and very close friends. The last I heard from Dickie was a letter in the mid 50’s saying he was in Canada working as an ad. agency Copywriter.

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