Michele Manze took over an eel and pie house at 87 Tower Bridge Road in 1902, after marrying the founder's daughter, and it is the oldest pie and mash shop still trading in London. The plate is fixed: minced beef between a suet base and a flaky lid, mash smeared up the side, and liquor, a green parsley sauce that historically took its body from eel stock. Parliament moved in 2024 to give the dish the protected status a Melton Mowbray pork pie carries. Ask for the liquor light and put the chili vinegar on it.
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This is the oldest pie and mash shop still trading in London, and it serves minced beef under a suet lid with parsley liquor.