The first Fuzzy’s Grub was opened in Fleet Street in November 2002 by two great friends, Fazila Collins and Georgina Laing, nicknamed Fuzzy and Grub. Recognising a huge gap in the ever expanding lunchtime market, they collected recipes of family favourites and opened a shop offering good, simple British food. the famous roast meal in a sandwich. With the addition of roast meats in salads and meals and a selection of pies, the queue just got longer as word of mouth spread across the City.

In 2004, Fuzzy and Grub rather boldly decided to open a new store in St James’s, and buoyed by the positive feedback to their traditional British food have subsequently opened shops in Bow Lane, Cornhill and Basinghall Street. Never wanting to rush, Fuzzy and Grub have always concentrated on ensuring the quality of the food is spot-on and that every customer of the shop leaves happy. If a customer wants rare Scotch roast beef on doorstep white, with home made horseradish, crispy roast potatoes, a dash of gravy and some pork crackling, they will get it!

Fuzzy and Grub have always been keen to maintain the “Britishness” of the shops and the unashamed meat theme which is central to what they want to achieve. The shop interiors are based on old-fashioned butchers, with traditional tiled floors and walls creating a nostalgic and welcoming experience. Paintings showing the various cuts of meat hang to inform the customer what part of the animal they are eating.

Fuzzy’s Grub used to be something of a closely guarded City secret – the preserve of city folk, the talk of dinner parties and across trading floors on a hung-over Friday morning. As the business has grown Fuzzy and Grub have maintained the small shop values which served them so well, whilst successfully increasing their customer base across the City and West End. Fuzzy and Grub can always be found behind the counter, Monday to Friday, serving their loyal customers and keeping an eye on the army of staff. So if you were to pop in to any of the shops, chances are you’ll bump into one of them there!