When Was The First Coffee House Opened In The Uk. It is still open today but has since become a popular Wine Bar. An Indian entrepreneur who opened one of the UKs first curry houses has been honoured with a green plaque.
The first European coffee house opened in Rome in 1645. Almost 200 years before the Indian restaurant became a fixture on the British high street Mahomed a Muslim soldier founded the first curry establishment in Britain the Hindoostane Coffee House. Oxfords Queens Lane Coffee House established in 1654 is still in existence today.
Curiously it was the London coffee houses that were responsible for introducing tea to England.
He sold both liquid and dry tea to the public as early as 1657. A building on or near the same site now houses a cafe-bar called The Grand Cafe. An English merchant who dealt in Turkish goods including coffee had two of his servants leave him to go into business for themselves. Curiously it was the London coffee houses that were responsible for introducing tea to England.