The Verdict
PORTRAIT RESTAURANT is the National Portrait Gallery rooftop contemporary British restaurant on St Martin's Place whose panoramic view, Trafalgar Square directly below, Westminster and Big Ben visible in the distance, the London roofscape extending in every direction, communicates the most historically resonant available London rooftop dining panorama. The contemporary British cooking whose quality communicates genuine culinary knowledge applied in service of the panoramic setting; the NPG cultural context whose British portraiture collection communicates the most historically significant available British art institution; and the Trafalgar Square view whose specific London cultural geography communicates the most classically British available rooftop dining context.
Why It Works for a Proposal
Portrait's NPG rooftop Trafalgar Square panorama and the contemporary British cooking, Trafalgar Square below, Big Ben visible, the most historically resonant available London rooftop cultural setting, creates the proposal that communicates the most specifically British available rooftop dining experience.
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