La Vecchia Scuola is a restaurant in York, England. It occupies the former school building of York College for Girls on Low Petergate.[1][2] The school closed in 1997, after 89 years, and the restaurant (whose name is Italian for "the old school")[3] opened shortly thereafter.
| La Vecchia Scuola | |
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 The restaurant's frontage in 2018 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1997 |
| Head chef | Decio Franca |
| Street address | 62 Low Petergate |
| City | York, England |
| County | North Yorkshire |
| Postal/ZIP Code | YO1 7HZ |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°57′39″N 1°04′53″W / 53.960963°N 1.081283°W |
| Website | lavecchiascuola |
The restaurant's dining room (in a conservatory)[4] is the school's former refectory, while the bar area was the study of its last headmistress Erica Taylor. The landscaped gardens was the school's playground.[5]
The restaurant came under new ownership in 2013.[6] Its manager and head chef is Decio Franca,[7] who leased the business along with his wife, Gabriella. Franca replaced previous manager Vincenzo Fuccio, who was banned indefinitely from food management due to breaches of health and safety.[3]
References
edit- ^ Scheer, Victoria (2022-04-15). "We went to La Vecchia Scuola and it made us feel like on holiday". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Review: La Vecchia Scuola, York". Darlington and Stockton Times. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ a b "New start for La Vecchia Scuola restaurant". York Press. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Why La Vecchia Scuola in York was not quite the education we hoped for". The Northern Echo. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "About – La Vecchia Scuola – Italian Restaurant". Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Thorpe, Ben (2014-10-11). "La Vecchia Scuola". York on a Fork. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Plans for new bar restaurant at prime York site". York Press. 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2024-01-08.