The Sohofication of Restaurants

Why are there almost no good restaurants in Soho?

Last week, after a morning spent tasting teas at a new restaurant in St James (a long story), I unexpectedly found myself in the middle of central London with a spare hour to get some lunch. I quickly made a mental calculation of my cycling radius and how far I could justify travelling: obviously Mayfair and St James and anything west of Regent St were …