Belloccio Restaurant opened its doors on Oxford Street in 2013, serving – as its tagline says – “beautiful food for beautiful people”.
The “beautiful people” that owner, Colin Paull, is referring to are the generous, unique, welcoming members of the LGBTQI community.
The Greek word, philotimo is one that defies translation; it encapsulates a spirit, philosophy, inherent human quality. It’s what Paull lives by and what he believes defines the people around him. “It is what our community is: when someone’s hungry you give them a plate of food; when someone’s down, you put your hand out and you pick them up; when someone doesn’t have somewhere to live, you give them a bed to sleep at night,” says Paull.
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