No ordinary alley

This was my lunchtime find....I just love the history of London.....

This alley passes under the railway tracks of Fenchurch Street Station and is named French Ordinary Court. This is the dark, creepy section, the southernmost part unexpectedly widens into a car park. The unusual name, so it's reckoned, derives from a Gallic eatery once located near the site. An 'ordinary' was a fixed-price meal purveyed in such restaurants. The eating place was destroyed during the Great Fire and never replaced.
A place of eating, established at a certain price. 'Ordinaries' were fairly common in the City of London during the 17th and 18th century.