A new trattoria is opening in Earls Court next week promising a modern take on traditional Italian cuisine, with pizzas and pastas served at a communal central table. A Braccetto – meaning arm-in-arm or side-by-side – offers such contemporary flourishes as hand-crafted pasta, zero-waste pickled vegetables and organic wine. But more importantly, it is a testament to […]
A new southern Mediterranean-inflenced bistro featuring an open kitchen with cooking over wood fire launches in Marylebone this Saturday (16 March). Lita is headed by Luke Ahearne, ex-head chef at Corrigan’s in Mayfair, and Canadian-born first-time restaurateur Daniel Koukarskikh (left and right in picture), with backing from the duo behind Wild Tavern in Chelsea and […]
The Groucho Club has chosen Wakefield in West Yorkshire as the venue for its first spinoff, which it plans to open in 2026. Now part of Artfarm, the hospitality wing of Swiss contemporary art dealership Hauser + Wirth, the Groucho is taking over Bretton Hall, a former stately home whose 500-acre estate incorporates Yorkshire Sculpture […]
Petersham Nurseries, the famously bucolic restaurant in a garden centre on the edge of Richmond Park, has appealed against a council order that would block evening opening. The move is the culmination of an astonishing 18-year stand-off between the restaurant and Richmond Council involving protracted negotiations but no prospect of agreement. The venue has now […]
An eco-conscious rooftop restaurant serving north Italian-inspired cuisine opens to the public this week at a private members’ club in the heart of Covent Garden. Rucola, which has an open terrace and an all-weather pergola, is on the fifth floor of The Yards development in The Conduit, a gathering of “radical realist change-makers” launched in […]
The duo behind Covent Garden’s The Oystermen will this month open an all-day brasserie nearby, taking inspiration from both Paris and Manhattan. Thirty7, at number 37 Bedford Street, is just a few doors from Bedford Street Wines, the wine bar and bottle shop also owned by Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton (pictured), whose list highlights […]
A hotshot chef from the US West Coast has closed down his Michelin-starred San Francisco restaurant and transferred it to Edinburgh after falling in love with the Scottish capital on a family holiday. Rodney Wages has opened in Avery Edinburgh in St Stephens Street, taking over the basement site of former restaurant The Stockbridge, which […]
A double-barrelled Greek operation from an all-star team is the next big launch in Borough Market, with Agora opening at street level this month followed by Oma upstairs in April. The new venture, which takes over the former site of chocolate specialist Rabot 1745 in Bedale Street, is from David Carter of Smokestak and Manteca, […]
Prolific young Edinburgh chef Tomás Gormley will next week unveil his ambitious restaurant Cardinal, an “intimate” spot on the edge of the city’s New Town serving a 13-course tasting menu. It is the third new restaurant from Tomás in four years, following Heron in Leith and Skua in Stockbridge. But these two were in partnership […]
Chef-restaurateur Vivek Singh has opened a new branch of his highly rated Cinnamon Bazaar restaurant in southwest London’s smart Richmond upon Thames. It has taken over the former Carluccio’s site, close to Richmond station and handy for the theatre. The brightly decorated venue features Indian street-food dishes complete with a ‘chaat trolley’ (pictured). Open from […]