Garfunkel's was a small chain of restaurants in London. It was founded in 1979 by Phillip Kaye, and was part of

the Restaurant Group The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. Their principal trading brands are Wagamama and Barburrito. The Group also operates Pub restaurants and a Concessions business which trades principally at UK airports ...

. On 3 June 2020, during the

COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confirm ...

, Restaurant Group told employees a "large number" of its Garfunkel's outlets would not reopen after lockdown. File:Bath MMB 08 Empire Hotel.jpg, Garfunkel's at the Empire Hotel, Bath, 2009 File:26-27 Cockspur Street (geograph 5360307).jpg, Garfunkel's on

Cockspur Street Cockspur Street is a short street in the City of Westminster, London, within which a very short part of Trafalgar Square links Charing Cross to Pall Mall/Pall Mall East at the point where that road changes name, opposite the traffic exit from ...

, London, 2013

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