Now wouldn’t this be ironic, especially after his recent comments?
Back in March 1996 under the headline “Meat Is Magic!” Select magazine ran a story that claimed celebrated vegetarian, “Mozzer eats meat!”
Morrissey eats meat?
But how did they know?
How do we know? Because he does so at George & Niki’s in Camden. It’s also caff-by-appointment for Björk, Meanswear, Goldie and Blur…
George & Niki’s? What’s that then?
Forget The Good Mixer, George and Niki’s Golden Grill caff in the heart of cosmopolitan Camden has become the palatable place to be for London’s pop glitterati.
“There’s this place in America where the five states meet,” says George. “This is its London equivalent. we get regulars, nutters, kids and then we get the pop stars.”
The Golden Grill has stood on the same sight for 50 years - three generations of the Georgio family - serving roasts, fry-ups and quality vegetarian alternatives. Select, in an attempt to unveil the covert culinary habits of pop celebrity, spent an afternoon in the company of Niki, George and their rocker-coiffed assistant of 13 years, Vange (“Just call me Vange. That or Elvis.”) The results…
Vange: “Yeah, this bloke called Morris…Morris? The rocker bloke. Lovely man.”
Morrissey.
“That’s him! Comes in about once a month. A roast he has, yeah a roast dinner!”
Er…not the vegetarian option?
Vange: “Nah! Roast dinner. Lots of gravy.”
“Roast dinner”? “Lost of gravy”? Incredible. One can only imagine what the tabloids would do for a picture of Mozzer with his mouth chockfull with meat.
But surely Vange was obviously confusing Mozzer with er, Morris….Morris… Hm. Not many pop stars with Morris as a first name.
Click on the above image to see larger version of the article.
Previously on Dangerous Minds
Back to the nineties: Fabulous scans of ‘Select’ music magazine
Morrissey compares Norway massacre to KFC
With thanks to Tommy Udo and Tara McGinley