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Terroni & Sons, 138-140 Clerkenwell Road - RIP

October 30th, 2007 · 11 Comments

So farewell then, Luigi Terroni & Sons, one of the best Italian delicatessens in London. Where the staff were friendly and knowledgable and you could buy a vast array of tasty foods. Cooked meats, cheese, bread, cakes, wine and pasta of all imaginable shapes and sizes. Now sadly ceased trading for reasons not explained, although doubtless yet another victim in this country’s relentless march towards a bland, corporate and increasingly sinister McFuture.

Sign on door of Terroni and Sons

I’m sure as I write this some faceless, tasteless, chinless middle manager is measuring it up to be yet another Tesco Metro. And no doubt on the grand opening people will flock there and marvel at the choice … Bernard Mathews turkey ‘ham’, both types of cheese (Cathedral City AND Dairylea), Mothers Pride, Mr Kipling Raspberry Flavoured Swiss Roll, Blossom Hill Cabernet Sauvignon and Heinz Spaghetti Bolognese.

We deserve what we are given.

Terroni and Sons

Tags: Rant

11 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Annunziato Zurzolo(Nunzio) // Dec 3, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Hi there! whoever you are.
    My name is Nunzio and guess who I am?
    I was one of the eight people who worked for Terroni and Sons!!!
    So, you can image how do I feel right here right now
    while I am watching those two shop’s picture on your web.
    I feel very bad.
    On August the 2nd after 9 months of work and great time with my lovely customers I left London to my holydays in Italy and…and When I back no more shop no more job no more anything!
    Working at Terroni’s was great,more then I job.
    The staff Anna,Luca,Nico,Veronica,Celita, Ivano,myself.
    I miss all of you.
    Knowing why is not enough! Since then my life is changed and God only knows how much I would like it back.
    With the closing down of Terroni more than Italian history is lost but London’s history itself! but these are only words for you McFuture………….

  • 2 richard // Dec 7, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    Hi Nunzio, thanks for taking the time to post a comment.

    You are of course right when you say the closing of Terroni (and independent shops like it) is a great loss to the culture of London. More widely it represents an incremental but significant step towards a joyless and culturally barren high street lacking any real choice or individuality.

    Sorry to hear your employer treated you in such a shoddy way.

    I hope everything works out for you.

    Take care.

    R

  • 3 Annunziato Zurzolo (Nunzio) // Dec 8, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    Dear Richard thank you very much for taking the time to post me.
    From your comment I understand Terroni is still close and nobody has done nothing so far.
    If I only had the money to buy it…
    Please let me know if a tycoon will buy and keep the shop as it is (an italian deli,of course) and I wil cross the channel again to get back my lovely job! And once again thank you very much for your support.

  • 4 Annunziato Zurzolo(Nunzio) // Jan 26, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Any news? please let me now,whoever you are.
    Thank you.
    N.

  • 5 richard // Jan 26, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Hi Nunzio
    No news yet, it is still standing empty.
    As soon as something happens I’ll let you know.
    Take care.
    R

  • 6 Annunziato Zurzolo(Nunzio) // Jan 28, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Hi Richard,
    Thank you very much.

  • 7 Peter Storfer // Feb 9, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Hi:

    I loved Terroni & Sons. It seems their parent company - Foodhouse(UK) Ltd., decided that they weren’t making enough money through the shop. They have also refused to honour any credits (I have a £50 gift voucher from Terroni) although they have not wound up the company.

    I would love to hear from any other customers of Terroni who are either owed money or are otherwise out of pocket from their sudden closure.

    Peter

  • 8 Annunziato Zurzolo(Nunzio) // Feb 12, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Hi Peter,
    I am glad to hear that someone else is taking time to leave a message to this blog.
    Thank you.
    My hope to get my job back is endless.

  • 9 Annunziato Zurzolo(Nunzio) // Apr 4, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Hi everyone.
    Not sure yet but ready to back in town with a last hope to get the shop to its own customers.
    no promise but trying to take action.

  • 10 richard // Apr 4, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Hi Nunzio.

    Good luck … what’s the plan?

    R

  • 11 Michael Pickering // May 27, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    I would like to know more about the products available at Terroni in the past. It is very sad that the shop has closed. Please can I have some information. The people were very obliging and could not help the customers enough.

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