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Air Street is the kind of road you walk through without quite clocking its name. It runs between Regent Street and Piccadilly, a small one, and it goes back to the early 18th century. The name comes from its raised position and the cleaner air it once caught above the smoke of the city. Over the years it housed a few publishing firms and tailors.
These days the old and the new sit together here. Its best-known address is Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill, a restaurant that has been going a long while. Part of the Crown Estate's sustainable redevelopment runs through the street too, so you get smart offices and eateries side by side, the early Georgian frontages given a modern polish.
Getting here is easy. Both Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus stations are a short walk off. No great names ever lived on Air Street, and the records are thin on that score, so its reputation rests on what it actually offers rather than on who passed through. The places listed on this street below are a good place to start.
