The restaurant, which sold cockney dishes such as jellied eel and pie and mash, had been located on the east London street since 1900 but was given a modernist update in the 1930s.EBBA Architects turned the space into a 145-square-metre Cubitts store but kept almost all the original interiors of the Grade II-listed restaurant, which had been unoccupied since 2019.

F Cooke's marble tables were given new legs made from stained birch plywood and now hold eyewear display cases in a sunny hue that matches the original wall tiles.The studio also kept the original stained-glass windows and the counter that used to serve food, turning it into a point of sale, while a repair station for glasses fills the window facing the street.Pale yellow tiles bordered by bands of contrasting blue and turquoise tiles decorate the walls. 

In the main showroom of the two-storey store, the studio also kept the restaurant's mirrors, only removing one to create a display case and sales point.Downstairs, EBBA Architects made more interventions, as the space was dark and hadn't been furnished to the same level as the main upstairs space.So the colours from upstairs informed this really bright orange in the staircase.Downstairs also holds the eyewear testing centre, which is located underneath the street above.