The Granita Pact: is this where it all happened?

Any remaining mystery over the 'Granita Pact' -- the deal long believed to have been struck between Brown and Blair over the future of the Labour leadership in an Upper Street restaurant back in 1994 -- was finally laid to rest last week, when the Prime Minister admitted that the pact really happened. Few will be surprised at this news, but for Islington residents a far more interesting detail of the story is what became of the trendy 90s eaterie that attracted so many political heavyweights of the day:

Granita, which stood at 127 Upper Street in the heart of the borough's main foodie district, was a Mediterranean-themed restaurant with the austere and minimalist styling that was typical of fashionable establishments at the time. It closed in 2003, soon to be replaced by Desperados' Tex Mex restaurant; a familiar haunt for Islington residents that couldn't be more different from its stark and serious predecessor.

So next time you're tucking into your nachos, following a heavy session in one of Upper Street's bars, consider that you could be sitting in the very spot where Blair and Brown carved up the future of the present government. That's how legend has it anyway -- Cherie Blair has since thrown the validity of the claim into question in her autobiography, in which she claims the deal actually took place in a neighbour's home.