We've been going to the theatre quite a bit due to my partner's company giving out free tickets. The previous week, we went to see "Jersey Boys" (our second visit to that play having been several years ago now). This week, we received tickets to "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical". Before the show, we ended up going into the newest branch of the restaurant chain Bodean's, which is located on Catherine Street in Covent Garden.
Bodean's has been a popular London restaurant for several years now. I've previously only been to the branch in Tower Hill (twice), but there's other locations throughout the city serving up American-inspired food such as pulled pork, burgers, cornbread, and barbequed food. Soho was the first branch, and it opened 15 years ago.
The Covent Garden branch of Bodean's is inspired particularly by Kansas City barbeque, and the team made a visit to Kansas City in January to try some of the best barbeques before bringing them to its newest restaurant.
The bloke had a burger, and I had the barbeque chicken. Both mains came with chips, and I received cornbread in substitution for coleslaw. (I dislike mayonnaise and hence dislike coleslaw.) We received excellent service here, and it's rare to get such great service in London. So, we will return.
After we ate, we walked around the block to Drury Lane where Aldwych Theatre is located in order to see "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical". I actually had not heard of the play before, but it has been showing in London since last February. The play is about the life of Carole King as a song-writer and later as a singer. It was very good, and I encourage you to see it. I am sure that you know some of the songs she wrote or performed herself. Many of them were sang by The Shirelles, The Monkees, Bobby Vee, Little Eva, The Drifters, and others.
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