Earlier this year, the Young Vic appointed a consultancy firm to oversee a tender competition for its hospitality partner. We worked hard to show the theatre’s new leadership and board what our partnership has achieved over two decades and the contribution The Cut Bar has made. In August, we learned that we had been unsuccessful.

Naturally, we were disappointed. But we look back with enormous pride at what we’ve created here. We’ve loved this extraordinary theatre, its people, the community around us and, above all, the thousands of guests who have made The Cut Bar & Restaurant what it is.

Twenty years is worth celebrating. Before we go, we’ll be celebrating the friendships, parties, performances, dinners, late nights and countless memories that have filled this place — including a party, with details coming soon. And this isn’t goodbye to The Cut. We’re looking for a new home in SE1 where we can begin our next chapter. If you know of a space where we could continue to serve our amazing local community, we’d love to hear from you.

Most of all, thank you. Whether you’ve been coming for 20 years or discovered us last week, you’ve been part of our story. We still have a few months together, so come and see us, raise a glass and help us give this chapter the send-off it deserves. Here’s to everything we’ve shared — and to the next chapter.