Sadly La Piccola has been sold by Oliver Jacobs and has lost all the charm that it had when Ollie was owner/manager.

The first shock when we popped in for dinner last week is that you can no longer order The Goat Father or Signal Hill Cabernet Franc by the glass. In fact you can’t order them at all because the wine list has been down graded to a take-it-or-leave-it unknown wine by the glass.

The new owner, assuming that was he, slouched around looking oh-so-disinterested and did not manage to even greet us when we arrived. Not because he was busy with other tables. We were the only diners as it happened, until one family came in to occupy a table and soccer fans sat at the bar and ordered beer. There is no vibey atmosphere and the Italian background music has been replaced.

I would hate loyal readers of this blog to experience what we did.

Watch this space for a review of another great pizza dive when we find one!