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Vintage girls should vamp up in violet velvet, faux fur and opera-length gloves for intimate soirées chez Fontaine. All cream upholstery and 1930s Egyptianate art deco, with a cheeky tiki joint downstairs, this is the sort of hutch where a Hollywood seducer in the tradition of Clark Gable might ply pliable floozies with such period pieces as brandy Alexander, Ramos Gin Fizz, De La Louisiane Sidecar and Aviation – should he ever find himself up Stokey way (an unlikely prospect, admittedly). Sip Italian fizz (£25) or Champagne (Laurent-Perrier at £8.50 a flute), and snack like a star on beef carpaccio or smoked salmon and caviar blinis. Then say it like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard: ‘Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up!’