R.I.P. Cafe Royal

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 12.22.08 | 4:19 PM ET

The iconic London cafe closed this weekend after 143 years. Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill and Graham Greene were among its many fans. (Via The Book Bench)

Tags: Graham Greene, Literature, R.I.P., Restaurants, Europe, England, London, News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.

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