“Different businesses start off in the arches, take a vacant space and try. Some succeed, some fail and need to move out [as the rent prices are too high].”

“I get haircuts upstairs and next door. I also go to La Bodeguita [which is nearby] for dinner.”

“I used to rent a smaller space here 9 years ago for £300 a week, and now we pay more than 4 times per week! We pay rent to the tenants who manage the arch; they are Latin American. They do make a lot of profit from subletting the spaces here.”

“Visibility isn’t that important for us as we have built a reputation and everybody knows we are here through word of mouth.”

“We built the subdivisions and decorated the place; we also moved the kitchen from the front where it used to be to the back where the restaurant is to make it easier.”