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May 2008
Wed 14 Review of the Reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Tue 13 Ramsay “to move to Dubai fulltime” (Outpouring of national grief knows bounds) Mon 12 Greece comes to London for Kerasma 2008 (Sixteen restaurants run special menus) Mon 12 Conran era draws to close (Sir Terence selling out at top of market?) Mon 12 Review of the Reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Fri 9 Country Bumpkin to pitch up in South Kensington (Four further branches planned) Fri 9 If wine tastes better the more you pay for it (… are greedy restaurants doing you a favour?) Fri 9 Evening of Cognac and Canapés (Last chance to book Rémy Martin event at Leith’s) Thu 8 Alan Yau’s new baby opens tomorrow (Cha Cha Moon finally rises in Soho) Thu 8 Review of the reviews – London (what the professional critics say) Wed 7 Ramsay pronounces at Buckingham Palace (British cuisine has shed “dogmatic” reputation) Wed 7 Gallic invasion continues (Bel Canto to sound out in City) Tue 6 Review of the Reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Fri 2 Another top Manchester chef quits (But another prodigal son returns) Fri 2 Manicomio to open in the City (June opening for offshoot of Chelsea Italian) Fri 2 Top brasserie hopes for Brum (Andreas Antona transfers Simply Simpson’s to his HQ city) Thu 1 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) April 2008 Wed 30 Second site for Vivat Bacchus (Popular wine ’n’ cheese specialist to open near London Bridge) Wed 30 Top London restaurants thrive (Still bums on seats, but wine spend may be down) Mon 28 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Mon 28 Ramsay to open in St Ives and Toronto? (Next month Timbuktu?) Fri 25 NYC‘s favourite Londoner expands empire (Balthazar king acquires Minetta Tavern ) Fri 25 Pho fires up (New branch in Fitzrovia) Thu 24 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Wed 23 Scottish restaurants boom (Record openings in Edinburgh and Glasgow) Tue 22 Butcher & Grill fires up for expansion (New kid on the Wimbledon block) Tue 22 El Bulli pips Fat Duck for ‘World’s Best Restaurant’ title (Third win for Spanish legend) Tue 22 Min Jiang to open on 10th floor of Royal Garden (Kensington hotel to host Sichuan-with-a-view) Mon 21 Review of the Reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Mon 21 Jamie Oliver to open a Fifteen in Leeds (Also revamps his chain plans) Thu 17 More nonsense from Which? (Any story to jump on a bandwagon?) Thu 17 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Thu 17 Ramsay eclipses Oprah on US TV (Hell’s Kitchen a top ten show for younger viewers) Tue 15 Review of the Reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Mon 14 Cafe Royal to become hotel (Once-celebrated dining room looks set to be revived) Mon 14 Pantechnicon Rooms continue Belgravia resurgence (All neo-Georgians now?) Mon 14 Nobu for sale (Price tag – $400m) Fri 11 London seduces top Northern veggie (Vanilla Black abandons York) Thu 10 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Thu 10 Jamie Oliver’s new chain falls behind schedule (Oxford branch to launch concept next month) Wed 9 Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Grill opens Friday (New York-style steakhouse, in Mayfair) Tue 8 River Cafe closed by fire (Early re-opening expected) Tue 8 Buddha Bar comes to London (‘Franco-folie’ continues) Tue 8 Final vigil for Oratory (Handy Knightsbridge brasserie to close) Mon 7 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Mon 7 Bob Bob Ricard to launch in Soho (Circus site to house “eccentric” English restaurant) Fri 4 Devonshire Terrace to launch in July (Large newcomer near Liverpool Street) Thu 3 Top Lyon toque to open in South Kensington (J-C Ansanay-Alex takes over Lundum’s site) Thu 3 Stoned Pony swings into town (Big Shoreditch opening next month) Wed 2 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Tue 1 Eco opens in Chiswick (First major offshoot of famous Clapham pizzeria) Tue 1 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) March 2008 Mon 31 Report suggests US restaurant business in line for biggest fall since late-’70s (NYTimes misses the ‘big story’) Mon 31 Scandinavian purge continues (Upper Glas closed) Fri 28 Ramsay sets out his vaulting ambitions (Hang the quality?) Thu 27 Should chain menus show calories? (An article to make you think) Thu 27 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Wed 26 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Wed 26 Connaught succession decided (Hélène Darroze, from Paris, to be new chef) Tue 25 Ramsay celebrates Versailles opening... (By sniping at Pétrus) Thu 20 Von Essen snaps up two northerly stars (Seaham Hall and Samling acquired) Thu 20 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Wed 19 Savoy’s Edelmann sets up near Stansted (At Great Hallingbury Manor) Tue 18 Lundum’s closed (Surprise end for Danish favourite) Mon 17 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Mon 17 Simon Rogan launches informal Lakes eatery (100-seater in the heart of Cartmel) Fri 14 Critic power, NYC-style (Bruni huffs and prices come tumbling down) Fri 14 F-problem for Gordon Ramsay (Company filings now much overdue) Fri 14 Claudio Pulze goes Tuscan in Westminster (Osteria dell’Angolo to open in September) Thu 13 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Wed 12 Tom Aikens to open spin-off ‘Kitchen’ (Hope at last for Canary Wharf dining?) Tue 11 Kitching heads North (Manchester’s loss to sow confusion in Auld Reekie?) Tue 11 ‘Fair comment’ defence re-asserted (Worldwide interest in Belfast restaurant review judgement) Mon 10 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Fri 7 A ‘steal’ at Galvin at Windows (A pre-theatre menu worth seeking out) Thu 6 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Thu 6 Chicago Rib Shack to be reborn (And backers to offer a new steakhouse concept too) Thu 6 Launceston Place relaunches on 17 March (Former Pétrus head chef at stove) Wed 5 Gordon Ramsay closes Noisette (Not with a bang, but a whimper) Tue 4 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Mon 3 Just one new three-star restaurant in Guide Rouge 2008 (Top accolade for Le Petit Nice, Marseilles) February 2008 Wed 27 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Mon 25 Review of the reviews - National (What the professional critics say) Fri 22 April 1 comes early for Brum (“Birmingham to represent UK in Europe-wide culinary network”) Fri 22 Botanist to bloom in Sloane Square (Open in good time for the Flower Show!) Thu 21 Ex-Caprice supremo Mark Hix to open in Smithfield (May launch for Oyster & Chop House) Thu 21 Rosmarino site to relaunch as Osteria Stecca (First solo venture for Brunello chef) Wed 20 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Tue 19 Lanesborough launches Apsley’s (Former Conservatory to house new Italian) Tue 19 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Mon 18 Megu comes to Mayfair (Royal birthplace becomes trendy Japanese) Mon 18 England’s highest restaurant opens (Liverpool’s summit of culinary aspiration) Mon 11 Waterhouse – the capital’s most eco-friendly restaurant? (Opens today) Thu 7 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Wed 6 Tom Aikens’s chippy opens (At last!) Tue 5 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Mon 4 Ramsay goes high street (Two national chains planned) Fri 1 Kitching to quit Juniper (Manchester’s most innovative chef leaves North West) January 2008 Thu 31 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Wed 30 Angela Hartnett’s new homes revealed (Murano, and York and Albany) Wed 30 Cafe Boheme revamps (March re-launch kicks off busy Soho spring) Mon 28 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Fri 25 Hot from Michelin… (News of the restaurant which closed last summer) Fri 25 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Tue 22 Couillard launches at Grosvenor House in February (Another large-scale Gallic operation) Tue 22 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Mon 21 Soho House falls to Caring (Nick Jones retains 20% stake) Mon 21 Alan Yau outlines worldwide aspirations (And big London plans too) Mon 21 Faded Denim site gets Asian twist (Kyashi to debut in May) Fri 18 May relaunch for Quo Vadis (‘Grill room’ format echoes grand hotels of old) Thu 17 Soho spring to see second branches bloom (Offshoots of Bincho Yakitori and Côte) Thu 17 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Wed 16 Top chefs’ trends for 2008 (“Good ingredients and simple cooking”) Tue 15 Modern kicks off Manchester revival? (Former Mont site relaunched) Mon 14 “Intensive farming saves lives” (Was Observer restaurant critic just seeking to provoke?) Mon 14 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Fri 11 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Fri 11 J-C Vrinat, patron of legendary Taillevent, dies (Tributes to ‘César Ritz for our times’) Thu 10 Hakkasan and Yauatcha sold for $60m (Yau retains minority interest) Wed 9 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Tue 8 At Walt Disney World, restaurant bans kids (April 1 comes early in Florida) Tue 8 Greenhouse relaunching in early-February (“Serene” new interior to complement Antonin Bonnet’s cuisine) Mon 7 The Cut comes to Liverpool Street (Cod/Vingt Quatre backers to launch in Devonshire Square) Mon 7 Review of the reviews (Christmas and New Year press) Fri 4 Ramsay to relaunch Foxtrot Oscar in late-January (Celeb-chefs oust Chelsea’s old guard) December 2007 Fri 14 More nonsense from Which? about the Good Food Guide (Still no apology for publishing fiasco) Thu 13 Tom’s Place slips (Aikens’s chippy not open till New Year) Thu 13 D&D goes halves on new venture with Providores founder (Modern Pantry to launch in Clerkenwell next year) Wed 12 Review of the reviews - London (What the professional critics say) Mon 10 Brighton’s ‘top’ restaurant closes (Revised) (One Paston Place site to be relaunched as bistro) Mon 10 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Fri 7 Is The Entree Heading For Extinction? (Shocking thoughts in the NY Times) Thu 6 Bouchon Breton boosts bistro/brasserie boom (Spitalfields sibling for Bouchon Bordelais) Wed 5 Review of the reviews – London (What the professional critics say) Wed 5 Chefs’ own picks of 2007 (An article no one interested in food should miss!) Tue 4 Pre-Christmas debut for Tom Aikens’s chippy (Tom’s Place to open on 14 December) Tue 4 Review of the reviews – National (What the professional critics say) Mon 3 Launceston Place bags Pétrus head chef (Another Ramsay-group defection) November 2007 Thu 29 Nobu to launch private dining facility (Location of 120-seater not yet confirmed) Thu 29 Midweek Press Review (Poor send-off for Landau) Wed 28 Shock closure for Quo Vadis (And for Burton-Race’s New Carved Angel too) Tue 27 Name of Ramsay’s new head chef revealed (And it’s…) Tue 27 Landau sets off today at the Langham (Andrew Turner – one of the original ‘grazing’ chefs – takes reins) Mon 26 Weekend Press Review (Upbeat commentary on Ducasse, Hibiscus) Fri 23 Which? stays schtum about 2008 Good Food Guide fiasco (Would you buy a used car from these people?) Fri 23 Sakenohana opens Monday (Alan Yau’s keenly anticipated Japanese) Thu 22 Hamburger Union broken up (West End sites sold – for steakhouses?) Thu 22 Beach Blanket Babylon II finally opens (Perhaps Shoreditch really is the new Notting Hill) Wed 21 Hywel Jones goes back to roots for new venture (Lucknam Park star to debut near Cardiff) Tue 20 Ex-Moro head chef to launch Soho Italian (Bocca de Lupo to open in spring) Mon 19 Michelin re-ranks world’s top chefs (Las Vegas and Tokyo power Robuchon to top of list) Mon 19 Top Mumbai seafood restaurant washes up in London (Trishna set for spring opening) Mon 19 Weekend Press Review (Gill has it both ways on Hibiscus) Fri 16 Waterloo Brasserie finally opens 3 December (Seems like we’ve been waiting since 1815!) Thu 15 Midweek Press Review (New feature) (Ducasse trashed) Wed 14 Tom Ilic debuts solo in Battersea (Can jinx on Food Room site be broken?) Wed 14 Today it’s 1987 at Ed’s Easy Diner (Prices as two decades ago) Tue 13 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 13 Blumenthal coming to town (Chef in negotiations for capital site) Tue 13 Affordable Atelier? (New set lunch sounds good value at £27) Mon 12 Sunday Times hypes restaurant prices (Analysis not endorsed by Harden‘s) Mon 12 Fifteen joins the 0871 rip-off (Why should we pay to book?) Fri 9 Porchetta Pizzerias in administration (Top-value north London destinations at risk) Thu 8 Ramsay group to take Zen Central site? (A new home for Angela Hartnett) Thu 8 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Wed 7 MPW sells three of London’s most historic restaurants (Joseph Ettudgui to revamp Mirabelle, Quo Vadis, Drones) Tue 6 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 6 Delay for new Aikens chippy (No great surprise) Mon 5 Autre Pied opens tonight (Off with a bang?) Mon 5 Remy Martin Awards 2008 (Informality is order of day) Fri 2 Wolseley breaks £10m barrier (London’s biggest-grossing restaurant?) Fri 2 Cafe Anglais soft opening set for 7 November (Official debut on 19 November) Thu 1 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) October 2007 Wed 31 Salt Yard to open Soho sister (Dehesa to debut next to Cha Cha Moon) Mon 29 Top chefs change at Ramsay and Ducasse (And Ducasse is not even open yet!) Sat 27 Huge increase in West End Kosher restaurants (... to about 2 or 3) Thu 25 A decent dinner with limitless wine for £35 (Head for Knightsbridge!) Wed 24 Brumus quietly reformats (Chef departs after poor launch reviews) Tue 23 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 22 Northbank opens today (Former Baltic manager sets up by Wobbly Bridge) Fri 19 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Thu 18 November opening for City Kazan (Offshoot of favourite Pimlico Ottoman) Wed 17 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 15 Nahm chef to launch chain (Thai street food from David Thompson) Fri 12 Cliveden bags Winteringham chef (Robert Thompson looks set for greater prominence) Thu 11 Walnut Tree to be revived (Shaun Hill returns to the Marches) Wed 10 Dismal showing for Ramsay in NYC Zagat (Why the hype to the contrary?) Tue 9 The chicken that went up 25% (Jay Rayner bites back) Tue 9 How clean is your restaurant? (It’s all online, theoretically) Mon 8 Ramsay NYC bags two Michelin stars (A good result, given the local reviews) Mon 8 Jamie Oliver goes high street (Can new venture live up to its aspirations?) Fri 5 Tante Claire maestro plans return (Koffmann reveals plan for brasserie) Fri 5 Marco up and running at Stamford Bridge (Low-key arrival for MPW newcomer) Fri 5 Sakenohana now set for November (Ambitious Japanese launch by Alan Yau) Wed 3 Savoy closes on 15 December (Mementoes auction three days later) Wed 3 City Indian plans new branches... (... in India) Wed 3 Cafe Anglais set for 5 November launch (Opening on ambitious scale) Tue 2 So you think you can smoke outside? (What starts in California....) Tue 2 Hereford Road finally opens (4 October debut) Tue 2 Hache goes to Fulham (Camden Town burger parlour goes multiple) Mon 1 Amato bought by owners of Richoux (End of independence for another Soho pâtisserie) Mon 1 The chefs chefs rate? (Graham, Chavot, Bosi) September 2007 Fri 28 Gun boys storm Sloane Square (Seventh opening for Martin brothers) Fri 28 Peyton sells Mash (Site to be a Vapiano?) Fri 28 Caldesi goes Campagna (Bray country cousin for Marylebone Italian) Thu 27 Aikens to launch City offshoot (First expansion outside Chelsea) Wed 26 Urban Turban set for October opening (Bhatia branches out in Bayswater) Wed 26 Sollys closed by fire (No re-opening date yet) Tue 25 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 24 London's top restaurants? (The chefs speak out) Fri 21 Ducasse confirms mid-November debut (Bookings open 1 October) Thu 20 Which? criticised for misleading Good Food Guide claims (Press Announcement) Wed 19 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 18 Bread - the new mineral water? (A new rip-off) Fri 14 Kicking AA Gill (Theatre reviewer gets his teeth into the food critics) Thu 13 Angela Hartnett leaves Connaught (Ramsay group promises her a new venture) Wed 12 London prices highest in world? (Depends who’s doing the counting) Tue 11 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 10 Conran pushes new Boundary (Spring opening in Shoreditch) Fri 7 Head chef of St Alban quits… (… to establish solo venture in Broadgate) Thu 6 Passard London-bound (Parisian super-chef to open in Mayfair) Wed 5 Trends from the Big Apple (An end to formality?) Wed 5 Yau goes back to his roots (Wagamama-founder to go casual-Chinese) Tue 4 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 4 Gilgamesh re-possessed by landlords (Trading continues under Richard Caring) Mon 3 Henry Harris quits Racine… (… to become chef-director of Soho House) August 2007 Thu 30 Short memories at Ramsay towers (Reaction to 2008 guide’s criticism) Wed 29 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 28 After Eleven Years Unchallenged, Ramsay Teeters (Press release for 2008 guide) Wed 22 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Tue 21 Jamie becomes a cartoon (No, really) Mon 20 Axis to be turned around? (September relaunch for faded West End star) Fri 17 MPW signs for Chelsea (September launch at Stamford Bridge) Wed 15 Restaurant openings surge to all-time record (Closures up too) Mon 13 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 10 Autre Pied aims for October kick-off (Pied à Terre offshoot confirmed) Tue 7 Coals from Newcastle (Developments at Black Door, Treacle Moon relocates to Lakes) Tue 7 Mocoto closes (Highest-profile restaurant failure of recent times) Mon 6 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 3 One-O-One re-opens on 7 August (London’s best fish restaurant goes petits-plats) Thu 2 Pied a Terre to double up (Why has it taken so long?) Wed 1 Top man leaves Caprice (Marx Hix goes west, and east) July 2007 Tue 31 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 30 Restaurant confidential, Scottish-style (Ubiquitous Chip breaches Abramovich confidence) Fri 27 $55m sales put Tao in class of its own (Which is UK’s biggest-grossing restaurant?) Thu 26 Ramsay to acquire Devonshire House (But Boxwood Café to close) Wed 25 Ex-Manoir team to launch Texture (September debut on former Deya site) Tue 24 Two Manchester mega-openings (Nearly £10m budget in total!) Mon 23 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 20 Wahaca opens in Covent Garden (New Mexican canteen) Thu 19 Prince Arthur to reign in London Fields (Gun-backers to open new gastropub) Wed 18 Alan Yau goes Japanese (Sake no Hana set for September launch) Tue 17 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 16 F***ing fish fakery (Ramsay programme misled) Fri 13 Beach Blanket Babylon to open in Shoreditch (... then the world) Thu 12 Ousted, Ramsay NYC chef goes native (Neil Ferguson opens in Big Apple) Wed 11 Kenza to open in September (Grand Middle Easterner in City cellar) Tue 10 Ratatouille storms US (Best food movie ever - Bourdain) Mon 9 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Thu 5 Top Manchester chef opens gastropub (Ex Mont man to ancient coaching inn) Wed 4 Ex-Strada team to take on Cafe Rouge (Caring backs new concept) Tue 3 Wild Honey opens (Arbutus act hard to follow) Mon 2 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) June 2007 Fri 29 Copycat restaurant sued (Can you copyright look and feel?) Thu 28 Ramsay acquires Foxtrot Oscar (Re-launch in September) Wed 27 Hibiscus springs up in Mayfair (Ludlow’s finest comes to town) Tue 26 Angelus opens in July (French invade W2?) Mon 25 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 22 Kensington Place stable acquired by D&D (Includes Launceston Place and the Avenue) Thu 21 Only Running Footman (September opening for Mayfair gastro-boozer) Wed 20 Another writ for Ramsay? (Chef to face claim re US Kitchen Nightmares) Tue 19 Three new restaurants for Dome (The 02 aims to be major dining destination) Mon 18 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 15 Bincho Yakitori to open in Oxo Tower (Launch on 12 July) Thu 14 Metro revamps (Re-launch in late-June) Wed 13 Pret takes bigger bite of Big Apple (... and is to be sold?) Tue 12 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 11 Tugga closes (Why did it take so long?) Fri 8 Cafe Fish to close (Theatreland site to be a Chez Gérard) Thu 7 Caring continues Mayfair spree (Annabels to be acquired for £90m) Wed 6 Maze Grill for Mayfair (Ramsay’s “trendy” brand expands) Tue 5 A maze for NYC (Ramsay to adjust ‘London’ format) Mon 4 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 1 From Acorn House… (… a Hackney offshoot grows) May 2007 Thu 31 Strada falls to Blackstone (Caring pockets £140m, but keeps management team) Wed 30 California dreaming (Gordon and Becs to co-venture?) Tue 29 Press Round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 25 Adlards on the market (Norwich ‘destination’ to close?) Thu 24 Scion of St John to W2 (Hereford Road opens in July) Wed 23 Worldwide fine dining boom sparks sustainabilty fears (Gagnaire speaks out) Tue 22 Press round-up (Review of the reviews) Mon 21 New star for Brum? (Jessica’s chef goes solo) Fri 18 Major Manchester opening (Ex-Nobu chef leads £3m+ operation) Thu 17 Couillard branches out (Grosvenor House opening in September) Wed 16 Total refurbishment for the Savoy (Hotel to close throughout 2008) Tue 15 Glenfiddich awards (Terry Durack top critic) Mon 14 Weekend round up (Review of the reviews) Fri 11 Where do restaurants buy their food? (The Independent reports) Thu 10 Yang Sing hotel offshoot (Plus: our top Manchester hotel tip) Wed 9 Bank sold (Mega-brasserie era draws to close?) Tue 8 Weekend Roundup (Review of the reviews) Fri 4 Trouble at t'works (Fishworks, that is) Thu 3 Overhaul for Chez Bruce (London’s favourite to expand) Wed 2 Aubaine rises in West End (SW3-style comes to Regent Street) Tue 1 Can NYC's favourite Londoner do it again? (Worthy brother for Balthazar?) April 2007 Mon 30 Weekend round up (Review of the reviews) Fri 27 Restaurant 50 (What does it say about London?) Thu 26 City restaurants close (Both Gladwins restaurants to shut up shop) Wed 25 Standard hails London's hoteliers (But what about their restaurants?) Tue 24 New name for Arbutus offshoot (It’s Wild Honey) Mon 23 Weekend round up (Review of the reviews) Fri 20 Midsummer House gastropub offshoot (Mayday launch for the Headley) Thu 19 Brera closes (Surprise early casualty) Wed 18 New look for One-O-One (Star Trek styling boldly goes) Tue 17 West Dulwich offshoot for Greyhound (Rosendale hopefully not a pup) Mon 16 Weekend round up (Summary of the newspaper critics) Fri 13 Petite Maison comes to Mayfair (Nice try?) Thu 12 Restaurants mark up wines? (Shock horror!) Thu 5 Major revamp for Bluebird (A new beginning?) Wed 4 South African invasion continues (Cape Town Fish Market to open in June) Tue 3 MPW to sue Ramsay? (Surely it will never get to court) March 2007 Thu 29 More doubling up (Canteen, Pintxo People, Rossopomodoro) Wed 28 Arbutus II now has a name (It’s Almira) Mon 26 Ethical-eco restaurants gain ground (In London and Los Angeles) Mon 26 Weekend round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 23 Suka opens at the Sanderson (Pelaccio to triumph where Ducasse failed?) Thu 22 Ramsay pub opens (Narrow launches on 26 March) Wed 21 New Rhodes fine dining room (Only 18 months late) Mon 19 Weekend round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 16 Rowley Leigh in W2 (Café des Anglais set for August launch) Thu 15 Covent Garden re-born (Anchor & Hope spin-off confirms revival) Wed 14 Singles double up (New locations for quality concepts) Tue 13 Skylon to mark new start for D&D? (Some hopeful signs) Mon 12 Weekend round-up (Review of the reviews) Fri 9 Walnut Tree withers (Wales star in receivership) Thu 8 Hopeful signs at the Dorchester? (About time) Wed 7 Look out for Arbutus II (May launch in Mayfair) Tue 6 Morgan M smartens up (Stars in his eyes?) Mon 5 Weekend round up (Saturday and Sunday papers) Mon 5 Brits not coming (Yau’s NYC venture founders) Fri 2 New Mayfair Italian (Simplice should be one to watch) Thu 1 Farewell Conran Restaurants (Let’s hear it for D&D London) Thu 1 How sommeliers get it wrong (An amusing piece by Jancis Robinson) February 2007 Wed 28 Abstract branches out (Edinburgh fortifies charms as dining destination) Fri 23 Man bites dog (…well, critic) Thu 15 Maschler on Michelin (We couldn't have put it better...) Tue 13 Pelaccio to the Sanderson (Ex-Spoon+ space to go Malaysian) Mon 12 Fair comment under threat (Only in Ireland?) Fri 9 Two more handy Gaucho Grills Thu 8 Pulze out of A-Z (John De Stefano emerges as new 'big name�) Thu 8 How to eat well (in just seven words) Thu 8 Aikens to open Chelsea chippy (And eco-friendly too) December 2006 April 2006 January 2006 December 2004 |
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